Byblos

Summary

Byblos is a human settlement^[1]. Byblos ranks in the top 0.089% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,703 views/month, #32 of 35,923).^[2]

Key Facts

• Byblos is located in Jbeil District^[3].
• Byblos is in the country of Lebanon^[4].
• Byblos is in the country of Phoenicia^[5].
• Byblos's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[6].
• Byblos's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Byblos's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Byblos's instance of is recorded as city-state^[9].
• Byblos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Patras^[10].
• Byblos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cádiz^[11].
• Byblos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Agia Napa^[12].
• Byblos's Commons category is recorded as Byblos^[13].
• Byblos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[14].
• Byblos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• 8000 BC marks the founding of Byblos^[16].
• Byblos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.116666666667, 'lon': 35.65}^[17].
• Byblos's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mount Lebanon^[18].
• Byblos's official website is recorded as http://www.jbail-byblos.gov.lb/^[19].
• Byblos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Byblos^[20].
• Byblos's Commons gallery is recorded as Byblos^[21].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[22].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia^[26].
• Byblos's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Lebanon^[4], a sovereign state^[28], in Lebanon^[29], founded in 1943^[30] and Phoenicia^[5], a historical country^[31], founded in -2500^[32]. Byblos is located in Jbeil District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Byblos covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5'}^[33]. Byblos sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement^[6], archaeological site^[7], city^[8], and city-state^[9]. Byblos's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[35].

History and Context

8000 BC marks the founding of Byblos^[16].

Why It Matters

Byblos ranks in the top 0.089% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,703 views/month, #32 of 35,923).^[2] Byblos has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Byblos is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]