Aqoura

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'''Aaqoura''' ({{langx|ar|عاقورا او عاقورة}}, also spelled "Akoura") is a mountainous village in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, 68 kilometers north of Beirut. Aaqoura has an average elevation of 1,600 meters above sea level (between 1000 and 2189 m) and a total land area of around 140 square kilometers and it has 14 villages around its borders. It is the largest town by land size in Mount Lebanon and the second largest in Lebanon.<ref name="localiban">{{cite web|title=Aaqoura (Jbayl)|url=http://www.localiban.org/article768.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|access-date=2016-02-12|date=2006-02-22}}</ref> By voting power, it is the third largest town in the Jbeil District after the city of Jbeil Byblos and Qartaba.<ref name="NOW">{{cite web|title=Districts in Depth: Jbeil|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/districts_in_depth_jbeil|publisher=NOW News|access-date=2016-02-12|date=2009-05-28|archive-date=2017-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728081702/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/districts_in_depth_jbeil|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==

===Religion===

As of 2022, the religious make-up of the town's 4,152 registered voters were roughly 92.3% Maronite Catholics, 3.1% Greek Orthodox, 2.4% Greek Catholic, 0.8% Christian Minorities, and 1.4% others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mapping Lebanon: Data and statistics |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1297803/data-and-statistics.html}}</ref>

{{Pie chart | thumb = Religion in Aaqoura | label1 = Maronite Catholics | value1 = 92.3 | color1 = #CBC3E3 | label4 = Christian Minorities | value4 = 0.8 | color4 = #90EE90 | label3 = Greek Catholic | value3 = 2.4 | color3 = #FF7F7F | label5 = Others | value5 = 1.4 | color5 = #D3D3D3 | label2 = Greek Orthodox | value2 = 3.1 | color2 = #ADD8E6 }}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Byblos District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon