also spelled Ain W Zain · elevation ~1050 m · area ~5 km²
Ain Wzein is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 27 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Botmeh (~0.8 km), Moukhtara (~0.9 km) and Jdeideh El Chouf (~1.0 km).
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Ain Wzein is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon at about 1000 m above sea level. Local agriculture includes olives, fruit trees, and grapevines.
Fariha traced the name to Syriac meaning 'the spring of the goose'. Old records mention its name as 'Ain Wazaq' or 'the spring of the goose', and it was also written 'Ain Ouzi' and 'Ain Wzi'.
Freiha read Ain Wzein as Syriac for "the spring of the geese". Old records give the name in several forms, and one of them supports a different Syriac reading altogether.
~57 km from Beirut
الحسنيّة، الشمعة، الغضبان، كرباج
Sarcophagi cut into the rock on the hill above the town known as Jabal el-Maghayer.
A hospital serving Ain Wzein and the surrounding upper Chouf towns.
The town of Ain Wzein is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 57 km from Beirut, at around 1050 m elevation.
Ain Wzein is about 57 km from Beirut.
Fariha traced the name to Syriac meaning 'the spring of the goose'. Old records mention its name as 'Ain Wazaq' or 'the spring of the goose', and it was also written 'Ain Ouzi' and 'Ain Wzi'.
Families associated with Ain Wzein include: الحسنيّة, الشمعة, الغضبان, كرباج.
Notable people connected to Ain Wzein include Shams ibn Hamad al-Hasniyeh, Mahmoud al-Hasniyeh, Dr. Fouad al-Hasniyeh.
Landmarks in Ain Wzein include Jabal el-Maghayer sarcophagi, Ain Wzein Hospital.
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