Names
The Lebanese Social Democratic Party is also known as Phalanges Libanaises in French and either Kataeb (الكتائب اللبنانية Al-Kata’eb Al-Lubnaniyya) or 'Phalangist Party' (Hezb al-Kata’eb al-Lubnaniyya) in Arabic. Kataeb is the plural of Katiba which is a translation into Arabic of the Greek word phalanx ("battalion") which is also the origin of the Spanish term Falange. Headquarters: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.8971&lon=35.5101092&z=17&l=0&m=b&search=beirut%20central%20house%20of%20kataeb (33°53'52"N 35°30'37"E)
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