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Akkar Tripoli + 5 Beirut & Mount Lebanon Bekaa South WASH Sector Working Group SYRIA REFUGEE RESPONSE GIS and Mapping by UNHCR and UNICEF For more information and updates contact WASH Sector Working Group William Lavell [email protected] Water Scarcity at Risk Areas Bekaa Date: 7/3/2014 Akkar (!65 (!30 (!58 15 34 (! 61 d!( (! 60 (!62 (! !(23 Tripoli 69 + 5 )!( !(68 Bekaa 43 24 84 !( !( (! 42 (! (!9 (!21 (!56 (!49 )d(!2 (!12 82 (! (!18 (!10 14 ! 53 83 ( (! (! Beirut 57 (!40 (! & Mount (!72 ) 28 )(! d5 Lebanon 50 20 ) (! (!35 32 (! 79 (!11 75 ) d(!8 (!38 (! (!33 Villages All 74 73 25 36 (! (! Village Index Village Index Village Index d (! 59 80 1 (! Aali en Nahri 1 Haouch Moussa Anjar 31 Qaa Jouar Maqie 61 (! 39 70 (! 55 (!85 (! (! (!27 (! (!29) Aarsal 2 Haouch Snaid 32 Qaa Ouadi el Khanzir 62 44 Al Faour 3 Haour Taala 33 Qabb Elias 63 (! 71 17 81 77 (! (! (! d ) ) d Anjar 4 Hermel 34 Qaraoun 64 78 63 (! d(! 47 Baalbek 5 Hizzine 35 Qasr 65 3 (! 7 d )d Baaloul 6 Houch El-Ghanam 36 Qeisser 66 66 d(! 22 ) (! d(! 19 Bar Elias 7 Houch el Harime 37 Rachaiya 67 )41 (! 13 (! !(31 (! Bednayel 8 Houch Er Rafqa 38 Ras Baalbek 68 4 Bejjaje 9 Houch Hala 39 Ras Baalbek es Sahel 69 37 !( (! 51 Betdaai 10 Iaat 40 Rayak 70 )d(! 54 16 (! Britel 11 Istabl 41 Saadnayel 71 (!48 (! 76 (!52 )(! Chaat 12 Jabboule 42 Saaide 72 26 d!( Chamssine 13 Jdaide 43 Saraain 73 Chlifa 14 Jdita 44 Saraain et Tahta 74 Chouaghir 15 Joub Jannine 45 Sifri 75 (!45 ) )(!46 Dakoue 16 Kamed el Laouz 46 Souairi 76 Dalhamiye 17 Kfar Zabad 47 Taalabaya 77 6 !( Deir El Ahmar 18 Khiara 48 Taanayel 78 Deir Zenoun 19 Laboue 49 Talia 79 (!64 ´ Douris 20 Majdaloun 50 Tell el Aamara 80 El Ain 21 Majdel Anjar 51 Terbol 81 El Marj 22 Mansoura 52 Yammoune 82 El Qaa 23 Maqne 53 Younine 83 67 d Fakehe 24 Masnaa 54 Zabboud 84 Fourzol 25 Massa 55 Zahle Maalaqa Aradi 85 Ghazze 26 Nabi Osmane 56 Hai el Fikani 27 Nahle 57 Haouch Barada 28 Nasriye 58 South Haouch el Oumara Aradi 29 Nasriye 59 0 12.5 25 Haouch Es Saiyad Aali 30 Qaa Bou Aayoun 60 KM ´ ¸ Level of Risk Informal Settlements Most Vulnerable Overview: (! High d Social Tension Most and 2nd most Vulnerable This map shows those villages in the Bekaa area facing water scacrity. Villages have been divided into rankings (! Medium ) WASH Health Referrals 3rd, 4th, 5th Most Vulnerable of high medium and low. The place names have been signifed with an index value and the assoicated table !( Low can be used to find the specific name..
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