Beddawi
Beddawi, Beddaoui, (Arabic: البداوي) is a town situated at the Mediterranean Sea about 5 km north of the center of Tripoli, Lebanon. It is part of Tripoli's metro area and a mainly Sunni Muslim Lebanese village.[1] It had 6,012 eligible voters in the 2009 election.[2] There are 4 primary schools and one secondary school and one soccer team. The city is surrounded by orange orchards and has two buildings of the crusades.
It has also a non-working petroleum refinery, out of order since the Lebanese Civil War. Beddawi city should not be confused with the Beddawi Palestinian camp.[citation needed] Till today, Beddawi remains the main connection between the northernmost coast and the rest of Lebanon since the main coastal highway goes through the town. However, a couple of years ago, a separate highway closer to the coast started being constructed.
History
[edit]Until the 1950s Beddawi was a little village surrounded by fields and had less than a 1,000 inhabitants. In 1955 the Palestinian refugees built a camp near the city and named it Beddawi camp. In 1983 the city underwent several battles between the Palestinian Militias and parts of it were severely damaged.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Beddaoui, Localiban
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