Baabda

Baabda (Arabic: بعبدا) is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon. Baabda is known for the Ottoman Castle (the serail) and it has many embassies (Italian, Japanese, Jordanian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Indonesian, Spanish ... ), the Ministry of Defense and many important organization and administrative centres in Lebanon.

Baabda
بعبدا
City - Village
Baabda
Baabda
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°50′0″N 35°32′0″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon Governorate
DistrictBaabda District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Baabda Palace, residence of the President of Lebanon is also located in Baabda.[1] The palace was built in 1956 on a hill in the mountain town of Baabda overlooking the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The first President to reside in it was President Charles Helou (25 September 1913 – 7 January 2001)

During his two years, 1988-1990, as Lebanon's interim Prime Minister, Michel Aoun took up residence in the Baabda Palace surrounded by those troops from the Lebanese army who had remained loyal to him.[2]

Also in Baabda, Dany Chamoun was assassinated with his family in 1990, after Aoun had fled the presidential palace to seek shelter in the French Embassy in Baabda.[3]

In 1989 As Lebanon’s alternative Prime Minister Michel Aoun As a Lebanese Christian army commander reportedly threatened in Baabda to take Americans hostage living in Baabda back in 1989 and settle Lebanon's problems with Christian terrorism. [4]


  • Outlook on Baabda's Historical Views

References
  1. Tourism in Baabda Region. Lebanon.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  2. Salam, Mohammed (13 October 1990). "Bombarded Aoun Flees To Embassy, Asks Cease-Fire; Govt Demands Surrender". AP News.
  3. Jaber, Ali (22 October 1990). "Leader of a Major Christian Clan in Beirut Is Assassinated with His Family". The New York Times.
  4. "<Aoun first terrorism accident during his rule in Baabda>
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