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Highest Major Cities in Lebanon

Cities in Lebanon with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres18 entries🇱🇧 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Bsharri20,000 people · North Lebanon
1,442 m
2
Aarsâl50,000 people · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
1,407 m
3
Baalbek30,916 people · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
1,183 m
4
Chmistâr30,000 people · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
1,137 m
5
Zahlé78,145 people · Bekaa
963 m
6
Aley130,000 people · Mount Lebanon
878 m
7
El Hermel22,250 people · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
743 m
8
Habboûch98,433 people · Nabatieh
457 m
9
Nabatîyé et Tahta120,000 people · Nabatieh
428 m
10
En Nâqoûra24,910 people · South Governorate
71 m
11
Ghazieh50,000 people · South Governorate
59 m
12
Tripoli229,398 people · North Lebanon
51 m
13
Beirut1,916,100 people · Beirut
40 m
14
Jounieh96,315 people · Mount Lebanon
40 m
15
Ra’s Bayrūt1,251,739 people · Beirut
35 m
16
Byblos20,784 people · Mount Lebanon
33 m
17
Sidon163,554 people · South Governorate
9 m
18
Tyre135,204 people · South Governorate
7 m

Highlights

Within Lebanon, Bsharri ranks first in 2026 with 1,442 m, followed by Aarsâl (1,407 m) and Baalbek (1,183 m).

Across 18 entries, values run from 1,442 m (Bsharri) to 7 m (Tyre), with a median of 250 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.