جبيل هي مدينة لبنانية مركز قضاء جبيل في محافظة جبل لبنان. تعد من أقدم المدن المسكونة في العالم تقع على بعد 37 كيلومتر إلى الشمال من بيروت، وعلى البحر الأبيض المتوسط وتعتبر من أشهر المواقع الأثرية في المنطقة ومن أقدم المدن في العالم ومن بين المواقع القليلة التي استمرّ عمرها منذ إنشائها حتى اليوم. تأسّست جبيل بداية كقرية لصيّادي السمك على التلّ المشرف على البحر جنوب غرب الموقع خلال الألف السادس قبل الميلاد، وارتقت إلى مصاف المدن أواخر الألف الرابع ق.م.، فأصبح لها شوارعها وساحاتها ومبانيها العامة وأسوارها، فأصبحت بذلك حاضرة

City of Byblos
. The city of Byblos is one of the Lebanese cities and administratively administrated to the province of Mount Lebanon. It is the center of the province of Byblos. It was founded seven thousand years ago in the Neolithic era by the fishermen. Its area is five square kilometers and it is 10 meters above sea level.





Geography
. Is located geographically in the State of Lebanon, specifically on a flat plain bordered on the south by the valley of the river Faidar, bordered to the north by the valley of the river Gage, bordered on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, and away from the capital city of Beirut from the north, thirty-seven kilometers, With several streams of winter water such as the Sokhna waterway and the Zidane waterway.






Population
. The city is one of the oldest cities inhabited by human beings. It has a population of sixty thousand, and its population includes all segments of society such as traders, farmers, small industrialists, and highly qualified specialists such as engineers, doctors and lawyers.



the landmarks of the city
: . The remains of the Great Palace, the ruins of the Temple of Baal Jabal, the Roman Theater, the remnants of the city's faade, the Church of St. Takla, and the Mosque Sultan Abdul Majid, Jbeil Harbor and Abrajah, Sultan Ibrahim Bin Adham Mosque, Jubail Museum Museum, and Museum of Fossils.

: . It also includes the Wax Museum, the Temple of Monuments, the Royal Tombs, the Church of Our Lady of Elmess, the Church of Our Lady of the Poor Mother, the Maritime Fort, the Crusader Castle, the Sultan Abdul Majid Mosque, the Old Market and the remains of the city walls. Qirdahi, Byblos Park, and Byblos Beach.



general information
333 . The town was a fishing village located on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in the 6th century BC. Byblos became a city at the end of the 4th century BC. At the end of the third millennium BC the city was invaded and burned by Amorite tribes. In 333 BC was occupied by the Greeks led by Alexander the Great, and in the middle of the first century BC occupied by the Romans led by Pompey, and was known as the center of the Phoenician alphabet, which issued to the world.
1879. The municipality was established in the city in 1879.
1984 . In 1984, the city entered UNESCO World Heritage Site.
. Byblos festivals are held every year in the city with a large number of singers.
: . Of the cities with twinning: the Greek city of Patras, the Turkish city of Izmir, the Spanish city of Cadiz, the Turkish city of Troy, and the French city of Orange.

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