Koura District

Koura District
District
الكورة
Plains of Koura
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	North Governorate
Capital	Amioun
Area
• Total	67 sq mi (173 km2)
Population
• Estimate  (31 December 2017)	75,056
• Religions	72% Greek Orthodox 18% Maronites 8% Sunni Muslims 3% Melkite Catholics Shia Muslims and Alawis Protestants Armenians
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Koura District (Arabic: ٱلْكُورَة, from Greek: χώρα, lit. 'country') ^[1] is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.

Koura is one of the 26 districts of Lebanon, particularly known for its olive tree cultivation and olive oil production. It comprises a total of 52 villages, and its capital and largest town is Amioun, with about 10,000 inhabitants as of 2010. The district stretches from the Mediterranean Sea up to Mount Lebanon, and comprises a series of foothills surrounding a low-lying plain where olive is cultivated. The olive orchards of Koura are among the most extensive in Lebanon.

72% of Koura's inhabitants belong to the Greek Orthodox confession, while the rest of inhabitants are Maronites, Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims and a small Alawite minority. It is the only majority Greek Orthodox district in Lebanon.

The University of Balamand is headquartered in the Koura District.