Charoun or Sharoun ( ar, شارون), is a
Lebanese village located in the
Aley District
Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a district ('' qadaa'') in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Al ...
. Charoun is 31 kilometers away from
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
and neighbors the town
Saoufar. Its name derives from the
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
languages meaning the agricultural hills. Charoun is from the Jurd region, with an 1350 m altitude. It accounts two schools, one public school and one private school. Charoun has two industries with 5 or more workers. Charoun is one of the biggest villages in the
Aley District
Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a district ('' qadaa'') in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Al ...
, (9.8 square km), and wholly Druze.
Climate
The town receives heavy snow during the wintertime, which may reach a level higher than one metre high after particularly bad storms. Temperatures usually drop to less than zero during the months of December and January. Charoun is also known for its abundance in water like the Nahr Charoun and the historical Ain Bou-Freez, a 1030-year-old natural fountain. It also holds an important place in the Druze faith, as it contains two Druze
maqams: Al maqam al shariff and the Sitt Sara maqam.
Families
There are three major families in Charoun: Ahmadie, El Sayegh and Al-Banna. There are also three minor families: Dimashqi, Abdel-Khalek and Abou Hamdan. It's the hometown of many important persons in Lebanon: the writer Nidal Ahmadie, the composer Ziad Ahmadie, the urologist Dr Nabil Ahmadie and Wajdi Sayegh, the first martyr in the
Lebanese National Resistance Front
The Lebanese National Resistance Front – LNRF ( ar, جبهة المقاومة الوطنية اللبنانية, ''Jabhat al-Muqawama al-Wataniyya al-Lubnaniyya'') or Front National de la Résistance Libanaise (FNRL) in French, but best known ...
for the
Syrian Socialist National Party.
External links
Charoun Localiban
{{Aley District
Populated places in Aley District
Druze communities in Lebanon