elevation ~736 m
Aanout is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, about 46 km from Beirut, about a 40-minute drive. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Hasrout (~1.8 km), Zaarouriyeh (~1.9 km) and Daraya (~2.2 km).
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Aanout is a Chouf-area settlement in Mount Lebanon.
Aanout is a Phoenician word meaning 'dwellings and homes.' Sarcophagi, a well and press stones were found in the locality 'Dahr Khallet al-Lawz,' along with ancient building remains in 'Tallet Botna' and 'Khirbet Dabsh' and Bronze Age remains in 'Marah Abdel-Haq.'
Aanout is a Phoenician word meaning dwellings and houses. Its land holds a stand of oak protected as a reserve, and remains from several early periods have been found across its localities.
registered population ~2,500 · registered voters ~1,400 · area ~450 ha
إبراهيم، أبو عقل، أبو كنعان، كنعان، اسماعيل، الجعيد، الحاج أبو اللطف، الحاج حسن، الحاج فتّاح، بارود، سعد، السيّد، شهاب الدين، عثمان، علاء الدين، عمار، عواد، غطمي، الغور، فارس، فخر الدين، مراد، موسى، يارد، ياسين، عانوتي
A stand of oak protected as a reserve and run by the Islamic Waqf department, its trees reckoned to be around two centuries old.
Sarcophagi, a well and press stones in the Dahr Khallet el-Loz locality, with old building remains at Tallet Batneh and Kharbet Dabash and Bronze Age material at Marah Abdel Haq.
A Ministry of Social Affairs centre serving Aanout and its outlying quarters.
~46 km from Beirut · ~40 min drive
The town of Aanout is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 736 m elevation.
Aanout is about 46 km from Beirut, roughly a 40-minute drive.
Aanout is a Phoenician word meaning 'dwellings and homes.' Sarcophagi, a well and press stones were found in the locality 'Dahr Khallet al-Lawz,' along with ancient building remains in 'Tallet Botna' and 'Khirbet Dabsh' and Bronze Age remains in 'Marah Abdel-Haq.'
Families associated with Aanout include: إبراهيم, أبو عقل, أبو كنعان, كنعان, اسماعيل, الجعيد, الحاج أبو اللطف, الحاج حسن, الحاج فتّاح, بارود, سعد, السيّد, شهاب الدين, عثمان, علاء الدين, عمار, عواد, غطمي, الغور, فارس, فخر الدين, مراد, موسى, يارد, ياسين, عانوتي.
Notable people connected to Aanout include Dr. Nizar Ismail, Dr. Fawzi Al-Haj, Dr. Mohammad Ali Moussa.
Landmarks in Aanout include Aanout oak reserve, Dahr Khallet el-Loz remains, Aanout Development Services Center.
Aanout is one of the seventeen municipalities that form the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali — the northern half of the Iqlim El-Kharroub belt of Chouf District. The union takes Mazboud as its seat and stretches from Jiyeh and Rmaileh at the Mediterranean up to Aanout and Daraya at roughly 795 metres — the union's highest point — on its eastern, mountainous edge. Within the union, shrines in Aanout are named among the area's religious sites.
Source: UN-Habitat Lebanon (2023), A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
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