Daychounieh ( ar, الديشونية
translit. al-Dayšūniyat) (also Al-Daychounieh) is a village in the
Matn District
Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (''qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is Jd ...
of the
Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban
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Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
. Daychounieh is administered by
Mansourieh municipality.
Overview
Daychounieh native people are from Sakr, Khoury and Abou Khalil families.
Etymology
Geography
Daychounieh is 11 km to the Capital (
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 ...
), 26 km to the Province Administrative Center (
Baabda
Baabda ( ar, بعبدا) is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon. Baabda is known for the Ottoman Castle (t ...
) and 15 km to the Caza Administrative Center (
Jdeideh
Jdeideh ( ar, جديدة المتن translit. al-Judaydat), also Jdayde, Jdaideh and Jdeidet el-Matn, is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.
Jdeideh has an area of approxim ...
).
Daychounieh is accessible from
Mansourieh main road.
Beirut River
Beirut River ( ar, نهر بيروت, ''Nahr Bayrūt'') is a river in Lebanon. The river runs east to west, then curves north, separating the city of Beirut from its eastern suburbs, primarily Bourj Hammoud and Sin el Fil. According to popular le ...
flows east to west from Lebanon's mountains passing through Daychounieh to the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
.
Demographics
As of 2009, Daychounieh houses a population of approx. 800, of which 98 constitute the electorate and 153 are native residents.
The number of residences is approx. 250.
References and footnotes
External links
Mansouriyeh - Mkalles - Daychouniyeh Localiban
Populated places in the Matn District
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