Baalbek
city in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
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Summary
Baalbek is a city[1]. Baalbek ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,587 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Baalbek District[3]
- Country: Lebanon[4]
- Instance of: archaeological site[5], ancient city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Qom[7], Bari[8], L'Aquila[9], Yogyakarta[10], Isfahan[11], Bergama[12]
- Commons category: Baalbek[13]
- Coordinate location: 34.006111111111, 36.208611111111[14], 34.015363, 36.200556[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Baalbek[16]
- Commons gallery: Baalbek[17]
- Population: 24,000[18], 81,052[19], 82,608[20]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[21], Pauly–Wissowa[22], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[31], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[33]
- Capital of: Baalbek District[34]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[35]
- Official name: بعلبك[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Baalbek[37]
- Category for people who died here: Q32675184[38]
- Native label: بعلبك[39]
- Category of associated people: Q106279709[40]
- Different from: Balbec[41]
- Elevation above sea level: 1170[42]
- Area: 37.420[43]
- World Heritage criteria: (i)[44], (iv)[45]
Why It Matters
Baalbek has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Baalbek is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]