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Anjar is a municipality and human settlement located in the Zahlé District of Lebanon. The town, which has the native label عنجر, sits at an elevation of 950 meters above sea level and covers an area of 20 square kilometers. It is situated in the Béqaa administrative region and is recognized as a World Heritage Site.
The population of Anjar is 2400. The earliest written record of the settlement dates to 701. Anjar is part of the Asia/Beirut timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- عنجر
- Region
- محافظة البقاع
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 2,400
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Lebanon
- Governorate
- Beqaa Governorate
- District
- Zahle District
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- +3
- Official name
- Anjar
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- iii, iv
- Designated
- 1984 (8th session )
- Region
- Arab States
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Lebanon
- Official name
- عنجر
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Zahlé District
- Population
- 2400
- Area
- 20
- Elevation
- 950
- Official website
- www.mousaleranjar.com
- Image
- Anjar, Lebanon, Ancient ruins of the city of Anjar.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anjar
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- native label
- عنجر
- time of earliest written record
- 0701-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river"; Arabic: عنجر / ALA-LC: ‘Anjar), also known as Hawsh Mousa (Arabic: حوش موسى / Ḥawsh Mūsá), is a town of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles). Since 1984, the ruins of the Umayyad settlement of Anjar have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anjar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.