Zouk Mikael, Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon

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🇱🇧 Zouk Mikael (ذوق مكايل, 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 cafés. 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.

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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.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Zouk Mikael has links with:

🇫🇷 Eu, France 🇫🇷 Rueil-Malmaison, France

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North of: 33.967

🇺🇸 Jurupa Valley 33.976

🇯🇵 Shikokuchūō 33.983

🇺🇸 Pico Rivera 33.983

🇱🇧 Jounieh 33.986

🇺🇸 Hacienda Heights 34

🇺🇸 Culver City 34

🇺🇸 Diamond Bar 34

🇺🇸 Gadsden 34

🇵🇰 Nowshera 34

🇺🇸 Montebello 34

South of: 33.967

🇺🇸 Lexington 33.967

🇿🇦 George 33.967

🇨🇳 Suqian 33.963

🇺🇸 Inglewood 33.962

🇺🇸 Athens 33.957

🇯🇵 Ube 33.957

🇨🇳 Huaibei 33.956

🇯🇵 Shimonoseki 33.95

🇺🇸 Lawrenceville 33.95

🇺🇸 Marietta 33.95

East of: 35.6

🇱🇧 Broummana 35.617

🇱🇧 Jounieh 35.635

🇱🇧 Batroun 35.65

🇯🇴 Al-Karak 35.703

🇯🇴 Ma'an 35.727

🇯🇴 Salt 35.733

🇯🇴 Al-Salt 35.733

🇰🇪 Kabarnet 35.744

🇹🇿 Babati 35.75

🇸🇾 Latakia 35.783

West of: 35.6

🇯🇴 Deir Alla 35.6

🇱🇧 Aley 35.6

🇪🇹 Metu 35.583

🇱🇧 Jdeideh 35.567

🇱🇧 Bourj Hammoud 35.533

🇱🇧 Beirut 35.509

🇺🇦 Synelnykove 35.5

🇹🇷 Kayseri 35.489

🇮🇱 Safad 35.483

🇱🇧 Nabatieh 35.453

Antipodal to Zouk Mikael is: -144.4,-33.967

Locations Near: Zouk Mikael 35.6,33.9667

🇱🇧 Jounieh 35.635,33.986 d: 3.9

🇱🇧 Jdeideh 35.567,33.883 d: 9.8

🇱🇧 Broummana 35.617,33.867 d: 11.2

🇱🇧 Bourj Hammoud 35.533,33.883 d: 11.1

🇱🇧 Beirut 35.509,33.874 d: 13.3

🇱🇧 Aley 35.6,33.8 d: 18.5

🇱🇧 Batroun 35.65,34.25 d: 31.8

🇱🇧 Zahlé 35.917,33.833 d: 32.8

🇱🇧 Sidon 35.367,33.55 d: 51.1

🇱🇧 Zgharta 35.9,34.4 d: 55.5

Antipodal to: Zouk Mikael -144.4,-33.967

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 18117.2

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16582.6

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16676.6

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16466

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13938.4

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13801.8

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13782.7

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13782

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13781.6

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13706.8

Flood Risk: Climate Central 33.9667 35.6

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