File:Qsarnaba,grapes.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
The Beqaa Valley is a fertile region in eastern Lebanon that has historically served as an important agricultural area. It matters because of its strategic location and economic significance to Lebanon, though it has also been affected by regional conflicts and political instability.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Beqaa Valley is referenced by 834 other articles, and connects out to Umayyad Caliphate, Zahlé and Iturea.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BI.
Vinony files it under Beqaa Valley, Emesene dynasty and Great Rift Valley.
Its subject is documented across 58 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- Lebanon
- Body of water
- Litani River
- Image
- Bekaa Libanon 2003.jpg
- Width
- 16
- Length
- 120
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Beqaa Valley
- Commons category
- Beqaa valley
- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
- native label
- وادي البقاع
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The Beqaa Valley (Arabic: وادي البقاع, romanized: Wādī al-Biqāʿ, Lebanese Arabic: [bʔaːʕ]; also romanized as Bekaa, Bekai, Biqâ, and Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to the Coele-Syria of classical antiquity.
The Beqaa is located about 30 km (19 mi) east of Beirut. The valley is situated between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east. It is the northern continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley, and thus part of the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Syria to the Red Sea and then on to southeast Africa. Beqaa Valley is 120 kilometres (75 mi) long and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) wide on average. It has a Mediterranean climate of wet, often snowy winters and dry, warm summers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beqaa Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.