Dbayeh

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Dbayeh (Arabic: ضبية) is a city in Lebanon located on the Mediterranean Sea in the Matn District, Mount Lebanon, between Beirut and Jounieh. Its inhabitants are almost predominantly Maronite Catholic, with a significant minority of Melkites.^{[citation needed]}

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Dbayeh ضبية
City
Dbayeh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°56′07″N 35°35′23″E / 33.93528°N 35.58972°E / 33.93528; 35.58972
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Matn
Highest elevation	100 m (330 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	18,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961
Website	www.dawlati.gov.lb/en/directory-detail/-/asset_publisher/x28bFmDP0Kyx/content/municipality-of-dbayeh-zouk-al-khrab-haret-al-ballaneh-aoukar
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In February 1990 Dbayyeh was the scene of wide spread artillery exchanges and street fighting in an offensive launched by General Aoun against Samir Geagea’s Lebanese Forces (LF) in East Beirut. Dbayeh was captured by Aoun’s soldiers on 6th February, half way through the two weeks of fighting in which 500 people were killed and 2000 wounded. ^[1]

The city recently became a hub for shopping and entertainment with its numerous shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas as well as a leisure port and a residential waterfront project.^{[citation needed]}

Dbayeh refugee camp was established in 1952 for Palestinian Christian refugees from Bassa and Kafr Berem.^[2][3][4]

1. ^ Middle East International No 369, 16 February 1990, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.5,6
2. ^ Frakes, Nicholas (November 1, 2018). "'We were born refugees' — Lebanon's forgotten refugee camp". The World from PRX. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
3. ^ "Dbayeh Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
4. ^ Duplan, Natalie; Raulin, Valerie (2016). Le camp oublié de Dbayeh Palestiniens chrétiens, réfugiés à perpétuité. Le Passeur. ISBN 9782368900253. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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8. ^ "Luxury apartments at Waterfront City Dbayeh, Lebanon". Waterfrontcity.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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