Haqel

{{Short description|Settlement in Lebanon}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2024}} '''Haqel''' ({{langx|ar|حاقل|Ḥāqel}}), also spelled '''Hakel,''' is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is a predominantly Maronite settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة حاقل، قضاء جبيل محافظة جبل لبنان في لبنان |url=https://lub-anan.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=إعْرَفْ لبنان |language=en}}</ref>

== History == In 1991, Lebanon's first natural history museum for marine fossils was founded in Haqel. Most of the initial collection was discovered by the museum's founder, Rizkallah Nohra, on his family's land within the town. The fossils have been dated to the Cenomanian Age, approximately 98 million years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Expo Hakel - Lebanese Fossil Museum |url=https://expo-hakel.com/#about |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Expo Hakel |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Demographics == As of 2022, there were 370 registered voters (29 of whom were diaspora voters), 96.2% of whom were Maronites.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Mapping Lebanon: Data and statistics |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1297803/data-and-statistics.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=L'Orient-Le Jour |language=fr}}</ref>

== Landmarks == * St. Mary's Church<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haqel - The church of our Lady of Almonds |url=https://churches-lb.com/city/haqel/churches-leb/haqel-the-church-of-our-lady-of-almonds/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Directory of Churches in Lebanon |language=en-US}}</ref> * St. Sassine Church: Church is named after the town's patron saint.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-02 |title=Mar Sassine Church, Haqel, Jbeil |url=https://www.khoolood.com/communities/1595/Mar-Sassine-Church,-Haqel,-Jbeil |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Khoolood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 September 2024 |title=Haqel town celebrates the feast of its patron saint, Mar Sassine |url=https://www.jbeildistrict.com/?p=93385 |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=Jbeil District |language=Arabic}}</ref> * Expo Hakel: a marine fossil museum

== Notable residents == * Abraham Ecchellensis (1605–1664), was born in the village as Ibrahim al-Haqilani. A Maronite philosopher best known for helping to translating the Bible into Arabic.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchri0000unse/page/4 |title=Dictionary of Christian biography |date=2001 |publisher=Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8146-5921-2}}</ref>

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