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Kesrouan
Keserwan District ( ar, قضاء كسروان, transliteration: ''Qaḍā' Kisrawān'') is a district (''qadaa'') in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital, Jounieh, is overwhelmingly Maronite Christianity in Lebanon, Maronite Christian. The area is home to the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve. Etymology The name of Keserwan is most probably that of a Persian clan named the Kesra, who were early Persian settlers of the region. Kesra (Arabicized version of Khosrow (word), Khosro) has always been a common Persian name. Keserwan is its plural form. Demographics According to voter registration data, the population is overwhelmingly Christian–the highest percentage-wise in the nation–with 97.95% of voters being Christian.https://elections.lebanese-forces.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/KESERWAN-JBEIL-1.pdf Of those, Maronites are the predominant denomination, comprising 92.16% of all voters in the district. The remaining Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain El-Rihaneh
Ain el-Rihaneh ( ar, عين الريحانة; also spelled ''Ayn al-Rihanah'' or ''Aain er-Rihane'') is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 340 meters above sea level and a total land area of 2000 hectares. Ain el-Rihaneh's inhabitants are Maronites. The village contained two private schools enrolling a total of 201 students as of 2006. The biggest family in this town is the Kreidy family. Religion Ain er-Rihaneh Monastery of St John the Baptist - Hrach Some Historical Milestones for the Sisters of St. John the Baptist – Hrach Monasteries began to flourish in Kesrouan in the seventeenth centurySome families took the initiative to build monasteries based on the spirituality of St. Anthony the Great. In 1642 and by a personal initiative, the Bishop Youssef Al Akoury purchased the land of Hrach, This monastery was the first one dedicated to nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
Keserwan-Jbeil ( ar, كسروان - جبيل) is the most recently created governorate of Lebanon. It consists of the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan. Keserwan-Jbeil covers an area of and is bounded by the North Governorate to the north, the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate to the east, the Mount Lebanon Governorate to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The capital is at Jounieh. As of the end of 2017, the combined population of the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan was estimated to be 282,222. Maronites comprise a large majority of the population in the governorate, while Shiites are the next largest confessional group. In the 2018 Lebanese general election, Jbeil and Keserwan formed the Mount Lebanon I electoral district which was allotted eight parliamentary seats in total, seven Maronite and one Shia. A proposal to separate the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan from Mount Lebanon Governorate was first submitted to Parliament in 2003. The new governorate was finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aintoura
Aintoura ( ar, عينطورة) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 18 kilometers north of Beirut. The average elevation of Aintoura is 230 meters above sea level and its total land area is 71 hectares. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronites, Maronite Christians. History Aintoura, which means "water source of the mountain" (ܛܘܪܐ) in Syriac language, Syriac, is a very old village inhabited, as tools found in two of its historic grottos witness, since the Stone Age. More recent history shows that Aintoura has been inhabited between 1307 and 1515, and since 1657 when people started living there on a continuous basis. Main Religious Centers of Attraction: The Convent of the Visitation: Founded in 1746, it was a convent for nuns, which was instituted in 1862, and was the first school for girls in the whole region. May Ziadeh, a well-known scholar, graduated from this school. The Cemetery of Armenian Orpha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajaltoun
Ajaltoun ( ar, عجلتون) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 24 km (15 miles) north of Beirut. Ajaltoun's average elevation is 850 meters (2800') above sea level and its total land area is 612 hectares (1510 acres). The municipality consists of a twelve-member council, which as of 2008 was headed by Clauvise Khazen. In addition to the municipal council, two ''mukhtars'' (headmen), Georges Fersan and Antoine Harouni, also serve the town. The Virgin Mary Church, built by the Khazen sheikhs in 1647, the Saint Nicolas Church and the Mar Shalita Monastery are located in Ajaltoun. The town was also the site of fighter plane crash during World War I. Etymology Ajaltoun's name comes from the Arabic root word ''′aajel'', which could mean "calf", "to roll" or "wheel". An alternative theory for the town's etymology are that it originates from the Phoenician word for "statue" or "round area". History Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramoun, Keserwan
Aramoun ( ar, عرمون; also spelled ''Aaramoun'' or ''′Aramun'') is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 730 meters above sea level and a total land area of 148 hectares. Aramoun's inhabitants are Maronites. History In 1838, Eli Smith Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andov ... noted ''Aramun'' as a village located in "''Aklim el-Kesrawan'', Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p194/ref> In 1959, an Ariana Airlines plane crashed just moments after taking off from the nearby Beirut International airport. The flight, Flight 202 was going to Iran and then to Afghanistan. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashqout
Ashqout ( ar, عشقوت; also spelled ''Ashkout'', ''Achqout'', ''`Ashqut'') is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 31 kilometers north of Beirut. Ashqout's average elevation is 1,000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 588 hectares. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority. Ottoman tax records indicate Ashqout had 43 Christian households in 1523, 43 Christian households and seven bachelors in 1530, and 33 Christian households and 14 bachelors in 1543. The town has three schools, one public and two private, in the town, with a total of 739 students as of 2008. The El-Hajj Hospital, which has 28 beds, is located in Ashqout. It is the birthplace of Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1804–1887); Paul Peter Massad (1806–1890); and Rayyane Tabet Rayyane Tabet (born 1983) is a Lebanese visual artist, he is known for his sculpture. He has li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aazra
Azra ou el-Azr ( ar, العذرا والعذر; also spelled or simply ''Azra'') is a municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. The municipality, which consists of the villages of Azra and el-Azr, is about north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 750 meters above sea level, a total land area of 113 hectares and is bordered by the villages of Zaaitreh, Zeitoun, Mradiyeh, Jouret Bedran and Ghbaleh. Feasts and festivals Each summer, the monastery of the village organizes a four-day festival preceding the feast of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29. In addition, Saint Charbel is celebrated on the third Sunday of July, Saint Elias on July 20, Saint Stephen on August 2 and Saint Dometius on August 7. Notable people * Elie Chaker Kamel, first lawyer in the region * Maurice Elias Imad, first surgeon in the region * Youssef Imad, prominent historian * Maurice Kamel, writer, journalist and art critic, author of ''The Legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Lebanon
Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (''muhafazah''). Each governorate is headed by a governor (''muhafiz''): All of the governorates except for Beirut and Akkar are divided into districts, which are further subdivided into municipalities. The newest governorate is Keserwan-Jbeil, which was gazetted on 7 September 2017 but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020. Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014. See also * Politics of Lebanon References External links Lebanon 1 Governorates, Lebanon Governorates A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ... Subdivisions of Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballouneh
Ballouneh ( ar, بلونة) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 18 kilometers north of Beirut. It has an approximate area of 3.93 square kilometers and an average elevation of 650 meters above sea level. Ballouneh's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics, although Christians from other denominations also live in the town. Etymology There are two versions regarding the origin of the word Ballouneh, either deriving from the Syriac word ''ballani''/''ballana'' meaning bath or pertaining to the Greek name of the god Apollo. Notable sites *The old Roman well (near the municipality's building) *The house of Sheikh Abou Nader el Khazen *The church of St. Mary (dating back to the sixteenth century) See also Fakhr-al-Din II Fakhr al-Din ibn Qurqumaz Ma'n ( ar, فَخْر ٱلدِّين بِن قُرْقُمَاز مَعْن, Fakhr al-Dīn ibn Qurqumaz Maʿn; – March or April 1635), commonly kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batha, Lebanon
Batha ( ar, بطحا) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 28 kilometers northern the Lebanese capital Beirut, and to the east of Jounieh Bay, with a view of the Mediterranean sea, with average elevation of 580 meters above sea level and total land area approximately 63 hectares. A water spring flows through the pine and oak tree forests to the north of Batha, watering gardens and orchards before emptying in the Mediterranean sea. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Maronite Catholic The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the ...s. Batha is the hometown of Lebanese painter Michel Elmir (1930–1973). References Populated places in Keserwan District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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