El Hermel: facts

At a glance

• Country: Lebanon
• Region: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 22,250
• Coordinates: 34.3942° N, 36.3847° E
• Time zone: Asia/Beirut (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (LBP)
• Distance to the capital, Beirut: 99 km (61 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY): 104 km (65 mi), straight line
• Damascus International Airport (DAM, Syria): 110 km (68 mi), straight line
• Latakia International Airport (LTK, Syria): 119 km (74 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Al Qusayr, Syria: 22 km (14 mi)
• Aarsal: 24 km (15 mi)
• Hadidah, Syria: 31 km (19 mi)
• Sir ed Danniye: 32 km (20 mi)
• Halba: 32 km (20 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Homs, 48 km (30 mi)