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Arqa

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Arqa

Arqa is a village near Miniara in Akkar District of the North Governorate in Lebanon. The site was an ancient Phoenician city mentioned in antiquity in the Amarna letters, as well as in Assyrian documents. The Roman town in the site was named Caesarea of Lebanon or Arca Caesarea.