Baakleen, Baaqlîne or Baakline (Arabic: بعقلين) is a major Druze city located in Mount Lebanon, Chouf District,[1] 45 kilometers southeast of Beirut.

Today, Baakline is an important Druze city and seat of the sect's religious leader.

The beautiful grand serail, the main administrative building of Baakline before World War II, has been restored and transformed into a public library.

In the area of the Serail are some Druze religious buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries, including, ancient tombs and Ain Aldiaa water source.

It served as the summer capital for the Druze “Qaem Makqam” or the local governor in the name of the Ottoman Sultan.