Na'ameh ( ar, الناعمة), or Haret en Naameh ( ar, حارة الناعمة, links=no), is a Lebanese coastal town located in the

Chouf District Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in ''Jabal ash-Shouf''; french: La Montagne du Chouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon. Geography Located south-east o ...

, an administrative division of the

Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban , native_name_lang = , image_map = Administrative divisions of Lebanon 2017-08 (Numbered).png , map_caption = The governorates of Lebanon, including Mount Lebanon (in pink, label ...

. Naameh was the site of

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regarding waste disposal in 2014.

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Muslims make up the majority of the population, with 25,000 inhabitants. There are also 4,000 Christian

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and

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, as well as many Syrian refugees. Common families include Mezher, Matar, Fakhreddine, Chahin, Khouri, Atwi, Hammoud, Hatoum, and Hamza. On 9 December 1988 Israeli commandos attacked the PFLP-GC base near Na’ameh. The attack went badly wrong with the leader of the operation being killed. On 10 January 1992 an Israeli air strike above Na'ameh killed three members of a Palestinian militia, PFLP-GC. The attack also destroyed a encampment of the Nawar, nomadic gypsies, killing seven women and two children. Another Israeli airstrike, 15 January 1995, killed three people and caused several other casualties.Middle East International, No 492, 20 January 1995; Gerald Butt p.14

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Populated places in Chouf District Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub

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