Aley District

'''Aley''' ({{lang-ar|'''عاليه'''}}) is a district (''[[qadaa]]'') in [[Mount Lebanon]], [[Lebanon]], to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital [[Beirut]]. The capital is [[Aley]]. [[Aley]] city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 70s, when [[Aley]] and neighboring Bhamdune were attractive tourist locations for Gulf tourists and Lebanese emigres. During the 1975-1990 [[Lebanese civil war|Civil War in Lebanon]], Aley witnessed several battles around its environs. == Villages == * [[Aazoneyye]] * [[Abey]] * [[Abadieh]] * [[Aghmeed]] * [[Ain Aanoub]] * [[Ainab]] * [[Ain Dara]] * [[Ain el Remaneh]] * [[Ain el Saydeh]] * [[Aitat]] * [[Aley]] * [[Aramoun]] * [[Baalchmey]] * [[Badghan]] * [[Basateen]] * [[Baysour]] * [[Bdadoun]] * [[Bechamoun]] - - first village to raise the Lebenese flag in 22 November 1943 * [[Bhamdoun]] * [[Bleibel]] * [[Bkheshtey]] * [[Bmuhrein]] * [[Bmakin]] * [[Bsous]] * [[Chartoun]] * [[Chemlane]] * [[Choueifat City]] * [[Kahale]] * [[Kaifun]] * [[Kfarmatta]] * [[Ktaily]] * [[Majd l Baana]] * [[Majdlaya]] * [[Mecherfe]] * [[Qmatiye]] * [[Qobeiy]] * [[Qrayye]] * [[Ramlieh]] * [[Rechmaya]] * [[Rimhala]] * [[Sarhmoul]] * [[Sawfar]] * [[Sharoun]] * [[Silfaya]] * [[Souk El Gharb]] ==Demographics== Like the Chouf district, Aley is a diverse area where various religious sects coincide in peace and harmony. The largest religious community in the Aley district are the [[Druze]], followed by [[Maronite]], and [[Greek Orthodox]] Christians. There are also small communities of [[Sunni]], and Shiite Muslims. Christians used to constitute the majority before the civil war. == External links == * [http://kahale.net Kahale] * [http://www.BsousOnline.info Bsous] {{Districts of Lebanon}} {{coord missing|Lebanon}}