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Place details
- Locality
- عنجر
- Region
- محافظة البقاع
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 2,400
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- عنجر
- 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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- Anjar
- native label
- عنجر
- time of earliest written record
- 0701-00-00
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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.
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