Bsharri

Lebanon
Bsharri, Lebanon
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Bsharri, high in the mountains of northern Lebanon on the edge of the Qadisha Valley, is the birthplace of the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran and home to a museum dedicated to him. The town also holds a cedar reserve containing some of Lebanon's remaining ancient cedar trees, and sits within a region ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites.

  • Population20,000
  • Nearest water from center0.5 km
  • Nearest mountain from center1.5 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km5

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