Ghazieh

Ghazieh الغازية
Municipality
Ghazieh Main Square
Motto(s):  Unity, Struggle, Progress
Ghazieh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′08″N 35°21′35″E / 33.51889°N 35.35972°E / 33.51889; 35.35972Coordinates: 33°31′08″N 35°21′35″E / 33.51889°N 35.35972°E / 33.51889; 35.35972
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Area
• Total	15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	50,000
• Religions	Muslim Christian Judaism
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	07
Website	http://www.ghaziehcity.com

Ghazieh (Arabic: الغازية) is a small city in South Lebanon on the Mediterranean, near the South's capital, the famous city Saida (Sidon). It has an area of about 15sq km.

Ghazieh is one of the largest businesses hubs in South Lebanon and it houses a large fuel refinery (TapLine).

Ghazieh is bordered by a number of villages in the southern and western side such as Qinnarit, Magdouche, Darb es Sim, Zaita, Aaqtanit, Maamriye, Zahrani.

Major streets include: Bashroun, Regy, Zambil, El Ain, El Baidar, El Rabta, El Mokhtar, Zehriye.

Ghazieh has its own football team in Chabab Ghazieh SC, which compete in the Lebanese Second Division.

Modern era[]

Ghazieh fireworks at night

During 2006 Lebanon War, on the 7 August, Israeli warplanes bombed and killed a total of 16 civilians in Ghazieh.^[1] On the 8 August, Israeli airplanes killed another 10 civilians, in three different incidents.^[2]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.

External links[]

• Ghaziyeh, Localiban

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