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Rayaq - Haouch Hala (), also romanized Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Governorate near the city of Zahlé. In the early 20th century and up to the 1975 outbreak of the civil war, it was Lebanon's most important railway center, where the 1.05-m Beirut–Damascus line met the standard-gauge line north to Baalbek, Homs, and Aleppo. It now has an air base and a hospital. Rayak Air Base was bombed by the Israeli Air Force during the 2006 Lebanon War. The landing strip was severely damaged as a result.

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Ancient site.name: Rayaq
Ancient site.image: Terrain de Rayak.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Rayaq air strip in Lebanon
Ancient site.map_type: Lebanon
Ancient site.location: north of Rayaq, Lebanon
Ancient site.type: Surface site
Ancient site.material: Alluvial soil
Ancient site.epochs: Shepherd Neolithic
Ancient site.excavations: 1965
Ancient site.archaeologists: Lorraine Copeland, Frank Skeels
Ancient site.public_access: Yes

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Instance of: municipality of Lebanon
Country: Lebanon
Located in: Zahlé District
Elevation: 930
Official website: www.rayaq-lebanon.com/en/index.php
Image: Terrain de Rayak.jpg
Dialing code: 08

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