# Ghidras

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'''Ghadras''' ({{langx|ar|غدراس|Ghadrās}}) is a village and municipality in the [Keserwan District](/source/Keserwan_District) of the [Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate](/source/Keserwan-Jbeil_Governorate) of [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).<ref>[http://www.localiban.org/ghidras-4463 Ghidras, Keserwan] Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2020-03-24.</ref> It is located 30 kilometers north of [Beirut](/source/Beirut). It has an average elevation between 500 and 700 meters above sea level and a total land area of 355 hectares. Ghadras's name is derived from [Syriac](/source/Syriac_language) root words for "Small Water walk", as the village was known for its numerous Water walks.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Ghadras is divided into four major parts: Main Village, Quarsa, Hellan, and Almdar. The inhabitants of Ghadras are predominantly [Maronite Catholics](/source/Maronites).<mapframe latitude="34.0442744" longitude="35.6791912" zoom="13" width="288" height="178" align="right" />

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban]  Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p.&nbsp;19. Archived from [http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf the original] (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

{{Keserwan District}}

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

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