๐ฑ๐ง Zouk Mikael (ุฐูู ู ูุงูู, Zuq Mikha'il, Zouk Mkayel) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.
The town is well known for its Ottoman-era souk (open-air market), a pedestrian market with arcades and shops cafรฉs. It is also home to several monasteries and historic churches, such as the Saint George Church, the open-air Roman-era amphitheatre, which hosts live summer concerts. In 1999, the UNESCO declared Zouk Mikael a "City of Peace".
History In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Mekayil as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.
On 27 February 1994 an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60.
Sport Zouk Mikael is known as the Lebanese city of basketball, as it has the Stade Nouhad Naufal which was completed in 2015. It hosted the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup where the Lebanon national team reached the quarter-finals.
Zouk Mikael has a population of over 47,000 people. Zouk Mikael also forms one of the centres of the wider Keserwan District which has a population of over 182,834 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Zouk Mikael see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Zouk Mikael has links with:
๐ซ๐ท Eu, France ๐ซ๐ท Rueil-Malmaison, France๐บ๐ธ Jurupa Valley 33.976
๐ฏ๐ต Shikokuchลซล 33.983
๐บ๐ธ Pico Rivera 33.983
๐ฏ๐ต Shimonoseki 33.95
๐บ๐ธ Lawrenceville 33.95
Locations Near: Zouk Mikael 35.6,33.9667
๐ฑ๐ง Jounieh 35.635,33.986 d: 3.9
๐ฑ๐ง Jdeideh 35.567,33.883 d: 9.8
๐ฑ๐ง Broummana 35.617,33.867 d: 11.2
๐ฑ๐ง Bourj Hammoud 35.533,33.883 d: 11.1
๐ฑ๐ง Beirut 35.509,33.874 d: 13.3
๐ฑ๐ง Aley 35.6,33.8 d: 18.5
๐ฑ๐ง Batroun 35.65,34.25 d: 31.8
๐ฑ๐ง Zahlรฉ 35.917,33.833 d: 32.8
Antipodal to: Zouk Mikael -144.4,-33.967
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 18117.2
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16582.6
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16676.6
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16466
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13938.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13801.8
๐บ๐ธ Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13782.7
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13782