Jbeil District
| Jbeil District | |
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| District | |
| قضاء جبيل | |
Byblos Harbor
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| Country |
 Lebanon
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| Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
| Capital | Byblos (Jbeil) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 170 sq mi (430 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 82,500 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Jbeil District (Arabic: قضاء جبيل; transliteration: Qadaa' Jbail) is a district (qadaa) of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is located to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Byblos, also known as Jbeil. The rivers of al-Madfoun and Nahr Ibrahim form the district's natural northern and southern borders respectively, with the Mediterranean Sea bordering it from the west and Mount Lebanon from the east, separating it from the adjacent district of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley.
The district's population is predominantly Maronite Catholic, followed by a Shia Muslim minority community. The largest towns of the district are predominantly inhabited by Maronites; they are Byblos (Jbeil), Qartaba, Aqoura and Amsheet. Most Shia Muslims live in the valley of the Ibrahim River, particularly in the villages of Almat, Ras Osta, Hjoula, Bichtlida, Lassa, and Mazraat es-Siyad. A Greek Orthodox minority forms part of the population and is spread among several villages know locally as qornet el-roum (the corner of the Greek Orthodox). The villages that make up qournet el-roum are Mounsef, Jeddayel, Helwe, Berbara, Gharzouz, Rihanneh and Chikhane.
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