Lassa, Lebanon

Lassa لاسا
Lassa Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°4′34″N 35°51′36″E / 34.07611°N 35.86000°E / 34.07611; 35.86000Coordinates: 34°4′34″N 35°51′36″E / 34.07611°N 35.86000°E / 34.07611; 35.86000
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Jbeil
Area
• Total	739 ha (1,826 acres)
Elevation	1,130 m (3,710 ft)

Lassa (Arabic: لاسا‎‎) is a municipality in the Jbeil District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is 90 kilometers north of Beirut. Lassa has an average elevation of 1,130 meters above sea level and a total land area of 739 hectares. The village contains one public school, which enrolled 15 students in 2008.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.^[2]

References

↑ "Lassa". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
↑ Cammett, Melani; Issar, Sukriti (July 2010). "Bricks and Mortar Clientalism: Sectarianism and the Logics of Welfare Allocation in Lebanon". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. PMC 4029429 . doi:10.1353/wp.0.0056. Missing or empty |url= (help)

Jbeil District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Jbeil
Towns and villages	Aabaydat Almat el-Chmaliyeh Almat el-Jnoubiyeh Amsheet Annaya Aqoura Adonis Afqa Ain ed-Delbeh Ain el-Ghouaybeh Ain Jrain Ain Kfaa Bazyoun Bchilleh Beer el-Hit Behdidat Bejjeh Bekhaaz Berbara Beithabbak Bichtlida -Fidar Bentael Birket Hjoula Blat Boulhos Brayj Chatine Chikhane Chmout Edde Ehmej Fatreh Ferhet Fghal Ghabat Ghalboun Gharzouz Ghorfine Habil Halat Haqel Hay el-Arabeh Hbaline Hboub Hdayneh Hjoula Hosrayel Hsarat Hsoun Jaj Janneh Jbeil Jeddayel Jenjol Jlisseh Jouret el-Qattine Kafr Kfar Baal Kfar Hitta Kfar Kiddeh Kfar Masshoun Kfar Qouas Kfoun Laqlouq Lassa Lehfed Maad Majdel Marj Mastita Mayfouq Mazraat es-Siyad Mechane Mghayreh Mish Mish Mounsef Nahr Ibrahim Qahmez Qartaba Qartaboun Qorqraiya Ram Ras Osta Rihaneh Seraaita Souaneh Tartej Tourzaiya Yanouh Zibdine
Landmarks	Byblos Castle Laqlouq skiing resort Abraham River Jaj Cedar National Park

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