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Baabda بعبدا | |
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City | |
 Baabda skyline | |
  Baabda Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°50′03″N35°32′37″E / 33.8342°N 35.5436°E /33.8342; 35.5436 | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Baabda District |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 84,900 |
| Metro population | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Baabda (Arabic:بعبدا) is the capital city ofBaabda District andMount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was also the capital city of the autonomousOttoman Mount Lebanon that existed from 1861 to 1918.
Baabda is home to the Italian, Japanese, Jordanian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Indonesian, Spanish and other embassies. It is also home to the Ministry of Defense and other administrative offices.Baabda is also known for itsSeraglio.
In 1956,Baabda Palace was built in Baabda as the official presidential residence, on a hill overlookingBeirut.[1] It remains the residence of thepresident of Lebanon. The first president to reside there wasCharles Helou from 1964 to 1970.[2][3]
From 1988 to 1990, Lebanon's interim prime minister,Michel Aoun took up residence in the Baabda Palace surrounded by loyal soldiers.[4] During theWar of Liberation, Syrian forces attacked it on October 13, 1990, forcing Aoun to seek shelter in the French Embassy in Baabda. Eight days later,Dany Chamoun, son of former PresidentCamille Chamoun, was assassinated with his family in their apartment in the city.[5]
In 2014,Christians made up 75.57% andMuslims made up 24.13% of registered voters in Baabda. 59.02% of the voters wereMaronite Catholics and 19.47% wereSunni Muslims.[6]
Capital:Baabda | ||
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