Zahlé (also transliterated Zahleh; Lebanese Arabic: زحلة pronounced [ˈzaħle]; Armenian: Զահլէ) is the capital and largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 50,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon (by city proper population) after Beirut, Tripoli and Baalbek, and the fifth largest taking the whole urban area (Jounieh urban area being larger).