Zouk Mikael

Zouk Mikael (Arabic: زوق مكايل, also spelled Zuq Mikha'il or Zouk Mkayel) is a Christian town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.[1]

Zouk Mikael
زوق مكايل
Zuq Mikha'il
Municipality
Zouk Mikael and Beirut from Adma
Zouk Mikael
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′18″N 35°36′58″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityElias Ayoub Beainou
Area
 • Total3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

The town is well known for its Ottoman-era souk (open-air market), a pedestrian market with arcades and shops cafés. It is also home to several monasteries and historic churches, such as the Saint George Church, the open-air Roman-era amphitheatre, which hosts live summer concerts.[2] In 1999, the UNESCO declared Zouk Mikael a "City of Peace".[3]

The Head of Municipality is Mr. Elias Beaino. Biggest families of Zouk Mikael are distributed into :

Beaino, Aoude, Salamouni, El Khezen, Al Tannoury, Nawfal, Trad, Khalil, Zgheib, Kazan, Dergham, Sfeir, Abi Nader, Abou Nader, Chbeir, Akiki, Abi Warde, Kobayter

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Zuk Mekayil as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.[4]

On 27 February 1994 an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60.[5]

Sports

Zouk Mikael is known as the city of basketball, as it has the Nouhad Nawfal Stadium which was completed in 2015.[6] It hosted the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup where the Lebanese team reached the quarter-finals and lost to Iran.[7] It has a professional basketball team Tadamon Club founded in 1954. Generations are growing up with the love of their nation club. Tadamon made the Lebanese tournament cups during the era of basketball in Lebanon; those days where celebrated with the brilliant Players Hall of Famers; Tony Madison, Bob Tat the giant, Moussa Moussa, Elie Naser, Marc Kozah, Patrick Seba, Charles Bardawil, and Joe Mansour.

See also

Twin towns

References
  1. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-16.
  2. "Amphitheater of Roman Architecture".
  3. "Qada' (Caza) Keserwan" (PDF). Middle East Airlines. Promenade. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-02.
  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193
  5. Middle East International No 470, 4 March 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald. Butt p.10
  6. "مجمع نهاد نوفل للرياضة والمسرح".
  7. https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/1608/Iran-Lebanon

Bibliography
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