Majdel Balhis

Majdel Balhis (مجدل بلهيص) is a village and municipality located in Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.

The area of Majdel Balhis covers 2004 hectares.

[2] Majdel Balhis is located on the western slopes of Mount Hermon.

Majdel Balhis has a large expatriate community in Ottawa in Canada,[3] and the first mosque in that city was founded by a group people from Mejdal Balhis.

[citation needed] In 1838, Eli Smith noted Mejdel Belhis as a village in the Beqaa Valley.