Ain Qani is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Ain Qani with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.
elevation ~819 m
Ain Qani is a Chouf-area settlement in Mount Lebanon.
Frēha suggested the name is Syriac meaning 'spring of the reed.' Tradition holds the village is called 'Ain Qani,' meaning 'spring of the channels,' given its many springs and water channels. It has caves, grottoes, rock carvings, five old water mills, and a centuries-old oak known as the 'Khalwat al-Hadd oak.'
area ~150 ha · ~57 km from Beirut
أبو ضاهر، الأحمديّة، بريش، جنبلاط، حكيم، زين الدين، سلمان، سليم، الشعّار، الشمعة، الصبّاغ، صفا، عبد الصمد، عيسى، علم الدين
The town of Ain Qani is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 57 km from Beirut, at around 819 m elevation.
Ain Qani is about 57 km from Beirut.
Frēha suggested the name is Syriac meaning 'spring of the reed.' Tradition holds the village is called 'Ain Qani,' meaning 'spring of the channels,' given its many springs and water channels. It has caves, grottoes, rock carvings, five old water mills, and a centuries-old oak known as the 'Khalwat al-Hadd oak.'
Families associated with Ain Qani include: أبو ضاهر, الأحمديّة, بريش, جنبلاط, حكيم, زين الدين, سلمان, سليم, الشعّار, الشمعة, الصبّاغ, صفا, عبد الصمد, عيسى, علم الدين.
Notable people connected to Ain Qani include Lady Nazira Joumblatt, Nadim Hakim, Nazira Said Zein El-Din, Dr. Farid Bey Mohammad Zein El-Din.