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and educational facilities, with about eight schools varying from public to private ones, Bar Elias is in the lead educationally among other Bekaa towns. Moreover, it is also medically advanced for having a hospital and a medical center. The hospital is managed by a
Palestinian administration and it is mainly for Palestinian refugees, while the medical center is managed by the Bar Elias municipality generally, and by changing members of the municipality.
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population live coherently and were never involved in local battles and are not affected by the sectarian atmosphere that overwhelmed the country. Co-habitation in the town represents a good practice for the country to learn from. This refers to the strong ties between the families - Muslims and
Christians - who lived for hundreds of years as a big family.
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Some of the largest companies in Bar Elias include: Al
Mossawi Retail, Abdul Ghani (Hammadeh) For Power Generators and Agriculture Equipment; Mais Super Market, Jamil Sayed co., Jamil Sayed Srl, Abou Hassan Housewares, Hammoud Trading, bayrouti, Al sultan, Aboujokh Electrics, Salloum Trading, Salloum
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Bar Elias' population has steadily grown since its founding. At the end of the eighteenth century, Bar Elias had less than a thousand inhabitants and 50 houses. By the late 1850s, the population jumped to about 7-10,000 people. The population continued to grow throughout the twentieth century. Today,
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Like neighboring towns and villages, Bar Elias boasts many restaurants, primarily on the
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10%. There used to be a number of Druze living in Bar Elias, but their number declined because of communal tensions. During the Civil War, Bar Elias's
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Bar Elias is located in the East of
Lebanon. Its weather is known for its dryness. It rarely rains in Bar Elias in the summer, there is indeed a lack of humidity. The summers are very warm, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius. The winters are rather cold, and also characterized by heavy
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Christians who live in the town. Religion is important in Bar Elias, like much of Lebanon. There are more than four mosques in the town and two churches. The Mufti El Mais, a prominent Sunni religious leader associated with
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As the distance between the center of the northern Bekaa and the south became important because of its central valleys and on the international line of the most important economic centers and the largest commercial markets, Bar Elias has good neighborly relations with the rest of the towns and
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closed off a good deal of fields, transforming them into military areas. In the past, Bar Elias knew large commercial success, which was mainly due to the town's location. Bar Elias is located on the passageway connecting
Damascus to Beirut. As such, it holds an important commercial position.
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Bar Elias houses many political parties and political families. Since 1992 - date of the first elections after the end of the war - all the elected Sunni Muslim deputies for Zahlé district were originally from Bar Elias: Ali Maita (lawyer), Dr. Mohamad al Mais and Dr. Assem Araji. Bar Elias'
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villages in the province. Easily accessible from all directions and in the center of the Bekaa Valley, Bar Elias is an open gate to all guests and visitors.
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garlic plantations, and walnut groves. During the civil war, the agriculture in Bar Elias, like much of the province, did not fare so well.
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