Zahlé

Zahlé (Arabic: زحلة) is the fifth-most populous city and a municipality of Lebanon, the commercial and cultural centre of the in the Beqaa Valley. As of December 2020, Zahlé had a population of 158,805 and a total metropolitan population of over 330,000. Christians make account for over 90% of the population of the city and its metropolitan are; while the majority of Lebanese Christians are Maronites, most Zahlé residents are Melkites (Greek Catholics).