Baabda District

Baabda District
District
بعبدا
Baabda District
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital	Baabda
Area
• Total	75 sq mi (194 km2)
Population
• Estimate  (31 December 2017)	568,714
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Baabda District (Arabic: قضاء بعبدا, transliteration: Qada' Baabda), sometimes spelled B'abda, is a district (qadaa) of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is also popularly known as "Southern Matn District" (المتن الجنوبي, transliteration: al-Matn al-Janoubi), as distinct from Northern Matn District, (المتن الشمالي; transliteration: al-Matn ash-Shimali). The capital of Baabda District is the city of Baabda.