Douar or Ed-Douar ( ar, الدوار) is small, mainly
Maronite
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...
, village located in the
Metn 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 J ...
of the
Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban
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of
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 ...
. Douar means "round about".
Location
The municipality of Douar is located in the Kaza of Matn, in the mohafazat (governorate) of Mount Lebanon. Just above the town of Bikfaya from the east and Mar Moussa from the south, Douar is from Beyrouth (Beirut), the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is between 1050 and 1150 meters above sea level. Douar stretches on a hilly area of .
See also
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Christianity in Lebanon
Christianity in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. Biblical Scriptures purport that Peter and Paul evangelized the Phoenicians, whom they affiliated to the ancient patriarchate of Antioch. The spread of Christianity in Lebanon was ...
References
Populated places in the Matn District
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
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