Al-Ghaziyah

Al-Ghaziyah or Ghazieh is a municipality in South Lebanon, 4 kilometres south of Saida,. It has an area of about 15sq km.
Al-Ghaziyah is one of the largest businesses hubs in South Lebanon and it houses a large fuel refinery.
Al-Ghaziyah is bordered by a number of villages in the southern and western side such as Qinnarit, Magdouche, Darb es Sim, Zaita, Aaqtanit, Maamriye, An-Najjariyah /Zahrani.
Major streets include: Bashroun, Regy, Zambil, El Ain, El Baidar, El Rabta, El Mokhtar, Zehriye, Al Bahar
Al-Ghaziyah has its own football team in Chabab Ghazieh SC, which compete in the.
Also Al-Ghaziyah is a relatively big tourist attraction one of it being the cournesh

History

Al-Ghaziyah suffered from the 1837 earthquake, with 14 houses collapsing and 7 people killed.

Modern era

During 2006 Lebanon War, on the 7 August, Israeli warplanes bombed and killed a total of 16 civilians in Ghazieh. On the 8 August, Israeli airplanes killed another 10 civilians, in three different incidents.

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 99.58% of registered voters in Al-Ghaziyah. 96.76% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.