Jbaa
Jbaa, is a municipality in Lebanon located about 22 km from Sidon and 64 km from Beirut.

Jbaa, is a municipality in Lebanon located about 22 km from Sidon and 64 km from Beirut. It is part of the Nabatieh Governorate. Jbaa is situated on the great Safi Mountain, and rises over 770 metres (2,530 ft) from the sea level and then begins to rise to 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the district of "Ein-Elsataoun". The village covers over 3,000 acres (12 km2). Surrounding the village is gorgeous greenery including diverse trees, especially walnut trees that spread around most of the town houses.
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Worth seeing in and around Jbaa
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mount Safi
Mount Safi, also known as Jabal Safi is a mountain located in the southernmost part of the Mount Lebanon mountain range. It has an elevation of at least 1,300 meters, with a prominence of around 222 meters.
2.5 km · mountain in Lebanon · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jbaa
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 38 km · Damascus (DAM), 93 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 174 km
- Damascus → Jbaa71 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · $12–16
- Amman → Jbaa175 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · JD13–17
- Tel Aviv → Jbaa171 km · quickest by road, 6h 6m · ₪150–200
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jbaa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jbaa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA minibus from Beirut's Cola station costs 2000 L.L.
From Wikivoyage: Sidon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Jbaa
Jbaa is 46 km from Beirut, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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