Jdeideh

Jdeideh
جديدة المتن
City
Map showing the location of Jdeideh within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Jdeideh within Lebanon
Jdeideh
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°53′0″N 35°34′0″E / 33.88333°N 35.56667°E / 33.88333; 35.56667
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon Governorate
DistrictMatn District
Government
 • Time ZoneGMT +2 (UTC)
 • - Summer (DST)+3 (UTC)
 • Area Code(s)(+961) 1
Area
 • Total6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Highest elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Jdeideh (Arabic: جديدة المتن translit. al-Judaydat), also Jdayde, Jdaideh and Jdeidet el-Matn, is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.

Jdeideh has an area of approximately 6 km2. It is located in the northern suburbs of Beirut city that comprise Greater Beirut. The municipality is formed of three villages of Jdeidet el-Matn, Bauchrieh and Sed el Bauchrieh with a mixed ethnic Armenian & Assyrian population numbering around 160,000 inhabitants.[1] Jdeidet el-Matn has five municipal council members, while Bauchrieh has nine, and Sed el Bauchrieh has seven.[2]

Jdeideh is an important industrial zone and a significant location for commercial and banking activity.

  1. ^ Jdeideh's Official Website Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed May 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Overview of Jdeideh" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2020-12-09.

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