Aqoura


Aaqoura is a mountainous village in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, 68 kilometers north of Beirut. Aaqoura has an average elevation of 1,600 meters above sea level and a total land area of around 140 square kilometers and it has 14 villages around its borders. It is the largest town by land size in Mount Lebanon and the second largest in Lebanon.
By voting power, it is the third largest town in the Jbeil District after the city of Jbeil Byblos and Qartaba.

Demographics

Religion

As of 2022, the religious make-up of the town's 4,152 registered voters were roughly 92.3% Maronite Catholics, 3.1% Greek Orthodox, 2.4% Greek Catholic, 0.8% Christian Minorities, and 1.4% others.