Zgharta

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Zgharta is a town in northern Lebanon known as a predominantly Maronite Christian community and a local center for the surrounding Zgharta District.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Zgharta canonical 3
Zgharta District 1
زغرتا 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeStatus district capital
belongsTo Maronite heartland in Lebanon
capitalOf Zgharta District
continent Asia
country Lebanon
countryCallingCode +961
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Christian
governorateCapital Tripoli, Lebanon
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasCulturalIdentity Maronite Lebanese
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
commerce
services
hasLanguage Arabic
hasLocalGovernment municipal council
hasLocalName زغرتا
linked to: Zgharta
hasMinorityCommunity Greek Orthodox Christians
Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
hasMunicipalityType municipality
hasRole district center
hasTransportConnection road network to Tripoli
locatedIn Mount Lebanon region (historical)
linked to: Mount Lebanon

North Governorate
Northern Lebanon
linked to: North Lebanon
locatedNear Ehden
Tripoli, Lebanon
partOf Zgharta District
region Levant
linked to: Levant region
regionalImportance local administrative center
local commercial center
religiousCommunity Maronite Church
religiousFeastImportance Maronite feast days
religiousInstitutionPresence Maronite churches
religiousMajority Maronite Christians
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
usesWritingSystem Arabic script
writingSystemOfLocalName Arabic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qurnat as Sawda near Zgharta
North Governorate containsDistrict Zgharta District
linked to: Zgharta
North Lebanon hasCity Zgharta
Zgharta hasLocalName زغرتا
linked to: Zgharta