Sidon District

The Sidon District is a district within the South Governorate of Lebanon. Cities and towns Aadloun Ansariye Ghaziyeh Maghdouché Majdelyoun Miye ou Miye Qinarit Salhieh Sarepta Sidon - capital Tabbaya Zrarieh Kawthariyat al-Sayyad Villages Ain El Delb Anqoun Darb Es Sim Hajjeh Kfar Chellal Kfar Hatta Qraiye Tanbourit Zaita Zaghdraiya Oil and petroleum Sidon serves as the Mediterranean terminus of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, a long oil pipeline that pumps oil from the fields near Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia. The pipeline played an important role in the global trade of petroleum—helping with the economic development of Lebanon—as well as American and Middle Eastern political relations. At the time it was built in 1947, the project was considered ground-breaking and innovative with a maximum capacity of about . After the 1967 Six-Day War and due to constant bickering between Saudi Arabia and Syria and Lebanon over transit fees, the emergence of oil supertankers and pipeline breakdowns, the section of the line beyond Jordan ceased operation in 1976.