Ghazieh

Al Ghazieh (Arabic: الغازية) is a small city in South Lebanon, near the South's capital, the famous city Saida (Sidon). It has an area of about 15sq km. Ghazieh is bordered by a number of villages in the southern and western side such as Qinnarit, Magdouche, Darb es Sim, Zaita, Aaqtanit, Maamriye, Zahrani.

Ghazieh, Lebanon

الغازية
Municipality
Ghazieh Main Square
Motto(s): 
Unity, Struggle, Progress
Ghazieh, Lebanon
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′7.19″N 35°20′55.55″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Area
  Total15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total50,000
  Religions
Shia
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)07
Websitehttp://www.ghaziehcity.com

Major streets include: Bashroun, Regy, Zambil, El Ain, El Baidar, El Rabta, El Mokhtar, Zehriye.

Ghazieh has its own football team in Chabab Ghazieh SC.

Modern era

Ghazieh fireworks at night

During 2006 Lebanon War, on the 7 August, Israeli warplanes bombed and killed a total of 16 civilians in Ghazieh.[1] On the 8 August, Israeli airplanes killed another 10 civilians, in three different incidents.[2]

References

  1. HWR, 2007, pp. 134-136
  2. HWR, 2007, pp. 140-141

Bibliography

  • HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.


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