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Dbayeh
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--msnavigation-- Home Photos Night Life Going Out Activities Weddings Fashion Real Estate Guestbook The GuideBusiness Shopping Lebanon Magazines Tourism Hotels EducationApartmentsMusic Immigrants--msnavigation----msnavigation----msnavigation-- FreeFindLoginNew userAbout usGuestbookContact usSite MapDbayeho:p/o:pHistoryo:p /o:pThe name Dbayeh originates from a Phoenician word meaning afemale deer. Due to itslocation on the Mediterranean sea, Dbayeh historically has been a passagefor various civilizations and cultures that have left their historyengraved on the rocks of Zouk Khrab and Nahr el Kalb.o:p/o:pWith the establishment of the Beirut water company in 1870in Dbayeh, followed by the establishments of several coffee shops andhouses located near the water canals of the company, the area started itsdevelopment towards the modern day Dbayeh.These next houses, along the railway between Beirut and Maamelteinhas made Dbayeh a first class tourist center attracting visitors fromBeirut, the mountains, and the surrounding areas to spend short vacationsand relaxing weekends in Dbayeh.o:p /o:pThe Beirut water companyin Dbayeh was established around 1870 by a British- French- Belgian-company to distribute fresh drinking water to Beirut.Dbayeh has benefited from the excess water to help speed up thefurther development of agriculture, construction, and tourism in the areaand its surroundings. Tourismin the area cooled down during the recession of the second world war andalmost disappeared with the construction of the main highway between Nahrel Mot- Nahr el Kalb which started in 1954.o:p /o:pAgricultureo:p/o:pDbayeh lands has been neglected until the establishment ofthe Beirut water company, which drove many mountainous people down tosettle in Dbayeh in search of work with the new company or to cultivatethe land. Berries andvegetables were grown in the early damp, specially the cultivation of thesilk worm was very popular. Soonafterwards, the berries were replaced with banana plantations, seasonalvegetables, and mostly citron fruits.o:p/o:pConstructiono:p/o:pBefore1870 Dbayeh had no more than twenty residential houses, mostly belongingto the Maronite monastery. The new settlers working for the Beirut water company and thefarmers helped to develop the town and to build new houses.During the second world war, the allied forces established amilitary unit in Dbayeh which encouraged trade in the area, resulting inmore people moving and settling in the town further developing infrastructure and the growth of the town.o:p/o:pGeographyo:p/o:pThe own of Dbayeh lies on the Mediterranean sea bordered asfollows:o:p /o:pto the North, Zouk Khrabto the South Nakkash, Anteliasto the East Zouk Khrab, Haret Belaneh, Awkar, Nakkasho:p/o:pto the West the Mediterranean seao:p/o:pIt lies 1-10 meters above sea level, it has sandy and redsoil, mostly enable land. Thenature of the surrounding lands help to store internal water causingnatural winter canals to flow through Dbayeh?s fla
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