Official Name: | Majdaloun |
Native Name: | مجدلون |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Baalbek-Hermel Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baalbek District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.9889°N 36.1361°W |
Elevation M: | 1040 |
Majdaloun (ar|مجدلون) is a village in the Baalbek District in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Mejdelun as a village in the plain in the Baalbek area.[1]
As of 2014, Majdaloun has 1,015 registered voters. 528 (52.02%) of them were Christians, predominantly Maronite but with Greek Catholic and Greek Orthodox minorities. 478 (47.09%) were Muslims, almost all of whom were Shiites.[2]