Aley District
District in Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
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Aley (Arabic: عاليه) is a district (qadaa) in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley which was known as the "bride of the summers" in the 1960 and 1970s, when the city was an attractive tourist location.
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Aalay District | |
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District | |
| عاليه | |
Aley District | |
 Location in Lebanon | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| Capital | Aley |
| Area | |
• Total | 102 sq mi (264 km2) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (31 December 2017) | 196,282 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
The district elects 5 members of parliament, of which 3 are Christians (1 Orthodox and 2 Maronite) and 2 are Druze. During the 1975-1990 Civil War in Lebanon, Aley witnessed several battles around its environs.
Cities
- Aabey
- Aghmeed
- Ain Aanoub
- Ain Dara
- Ain Drafile
- Ain El Jdideh
- Ain El Halzoune
- Ain El Remmaneh
- Ain Ksour
- Ain Saideh
- Ain Sofar
- Ain Traz
- Ainab
- Aitate (Eitat)
- Aley
- Aramoun
- Baawerta
- Baissour
- Basateen
- Bdadoun
- Bedghane
- Bennieh
- Bhamdoun el Day'aa
- Bhamdoun el Mhatta
- Bhouara
- Bisrine (Bserrine)
- Bkhichtay (Bkhechtey)
- Bleibel
- Bmahray
- Bmakkine (Bemkine)
- Bouzridé
- Bsous
- Btallaoun
- Btater
- Bteezanieh
- Chanay
- Charoun
- Chartoun
- Choueifat Amroussyat
- Choueifat El Oumara
- Choueifat Qobbat
- Dakkoun
- Deir-Koubel
- Dfoun
- Douair El-Roummane
- El-Azouniyeh
- El-Bennayé
- El-Fsaïkine
- El-Ghaboun
- El-Kahalé
- El-Kamatiyeh
- El-Mansouriyeh
- El-Mechrefeh
- El-Mreijate
- El-Ramliyeh
- El-Rejmeh
- Habramoun
- Houmal
- Kahale
- Kaifun
- Kfar-Aammay
- Kfar Matta
- litige
- Maasraiti
- Majdel Baana-Sawfar
- Mansourieh - Ain el Marej
- Mazraet El-Nahr
- Mchakhté
- Mecherfeh
- Mejdlaya
- Qmatiye
- Rajmeh
- Ramlieh
- Ras el Jabal
- Rechmaya
- Remhala
- Roueissat El-Naaman
- Saoufar
- Sarahmoul
- Shemlan
- Silfaya
- Souk El Gharb
- Taazanieh
Demographics
Like the neighboring Chouf District, the Aley district is also one of the most religiously diverse areas in Lebanon. The largest religious community in the Aley district is the Druze denomination, followed by the Maronite, and Greek Orthodox Christian denominations. There are also small communities of Shia Muslims.
According to registered voters in 2014:
| Year | Christians | Muslims | Druze | ||||||
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| Total | Maronites | Greek Orthodox | Greek Catholics | Other Christians | Total | Shias | Sunnis | Druze | |
| 2014[1] | |||||||||
| 2018[2] | |||||||||
| 2022[3] | |||||||||
| 2026[4] | |||||||||
Number of registered voters (21+ years old) over the years.
