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Zahlé (also transliterated Zahleh; Lebanese Arabic: ; ) is the capital and the largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 50,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth most largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli and Baalbek, and the fifth largest taking the whole urban area (the Jounieh urban area is larger).
It is east of the capital Beirut, close to the Beirut-Damascus road, and lies at the junction of the Lebanon mountains and the Beqaa plateau, at a mean elevation of 1000 m. Zahlé is known as the "Bride of the Beqaa" and "the Neighbor of the Gorge" for its geographical location and attractiveness, but also as "the City of Wine and Poetry" It is famous throughout Lebanon and the region for its pleasant climate, numerous riverside restaurants and quality arak. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Catholic and are known as Zahlawis.
Zahle may refer to:
- Zahle (surname)
- Zahlé (transliterated Zahleh or Zahleh, زحلة), the capital of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon
- Zahle and Forzol, a Melkite Catholic diocese in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
- Our Lady of Zahle and the Bekaa, a Marian shrine
- Centre d'Etudes Universitaires de Zahlé et de la Békaa (CEUZB), a university institution
- Anibal Zahle, a Lebanese sports club
- Zahle District
Zahle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946), Danish lawyer and politician
- Herluf Zahle (1873–1941), Danish barrister
- Max Zahle, German film director