Bsharri

Lebanon
Bsharri, Lebanon
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Bsharri, high in the mountains of northern Lebanon on the edge of the Qadisha Valley, is the birthplace of the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran and home to a museum dedicated to him. The town also holds a cedar reserve containing some of Lebanon's remaining ancient cedar trees, and sits within a region ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites.

  • Population20,000
  • Nearest water from center 0.5 km0.3 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 1.5 km0.9 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
36°
100mm4.0in
F
36°
95mm3.8in
M
42°
80mm3.1in
A
49°
45mm1.7in
M
14°57°
30mm1.1in
J
18°65°
5mm0.2in
J
21°69°
0mm0.1in
A
21°69°
0mm0.1in
S
18°65°
10mm0.4in
O
14°57°
40mm1.6in
N
47°
70mm2.7in
D
39°
90mm3.6in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗

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