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Bcheale
City
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Governorate
District[Jbeil District]]
Elevation
1,311 m (4,301 ft)
Population
 • Total
482
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Commemorative plaque given to the village of Bcheale on the occasion of the dating of the village's olive trees in 1999

Bcheale, Bchealeh, Bechealeh or Bshaaleh is a village in the Batroun District of the North Governorate, Lebanon.[1][2]

Folklore claims that two olive trees in Bcheale are between five and seven thousand years old".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stefan Wild (1973). Libanesische Ortsnamen. Franz Steiner Verlag. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft. Orient-Institut (1967). Beiruter Texte und Studien. F. Steiner in Kommission. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ Bechealeh’s ancient trees still producing high-end olive oil, article in The Daily Star (Lebanon)
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