Zouk Mosbeh

Municipality in Keserwan-Jbeil

Zouk Mosbeh ذوق مصبح
Municipality
33°57′18″N 35°36′53″E / 33.95500°N 35.61472°E / 33.95500; 35.61472
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Keserwan
Area
• Total	4.53 km² (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Zouk Mosbeh (Arabic: زوق مصبح) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 12 kilometers north of Beirut. Zouk Mosbeh's average elevation is 170 meters above sea level and its total land area is 453 hectares.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics and Christians from other denominations.^[2] There are three schools in the town, one public and two private, which together enrolled a total of 4,633 students in 2005–2006.^[1] There were 167 businesses with over five employees operating in Zouk Mosbeh as of 2006.^[1]

Zouk Mosbeh is well known for a cave called the King's Cave and is home to the Notre Dame University – Louaize.^[3] The town is home to the Hall of Fame Museum which contains fifty silicone models of famous celebrities, and several of them are animated.^[4] It is also home to the Christ the King Convent and the base of the Association for the Protection of the Lebanese Heritage.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Musbah as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.^[5]

Industrial Zone

The city is known for its industrial zone which contains numerous shops. It has been hit with an explosion in 2007 causing one death and 3 injuries,^[6] but was rebuilt and started operating properly since then.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Zouk Mosbeh". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ Paul Courbon (June 1989). Atlas of the great caves of the world, p. 131. Cave Books. ISBN 978-0-939748-21-1. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
^ Haddad Zeina, Lebanese Ministry of Tourism Museum Brochure, 2006.
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193
^ "قتيل و3 جرحى بعودة التفجيرات الليلية لبيروت من بوابة "ذوق مصبح"".
^ "مدينة زوق مصبح الصناعية مشلولة".

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.