Zahlé is the capital and largest
city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 320,000 inhabitants, it is the
third largest city in Lebanon, after Beirut and Tripoli.t is situated
55 km (34 mi) east of the capital Beirut, close to the
Beirut-Damascus road, and lies at the junction of the Lebanon mountains and the
Beqaa plateau, at a mean elevation of 1000m. Zahlé is known as the "Bride
of the Beqaa" and "the Neighbor of the Gorge" due to its
