elevation ~850 m · area ~5.85 km²
Amatour is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 30 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Ain Qani (~1.0 km), Baadaran (~1.2 km) and Moukhtara (~1.9 km).
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Amatour lies at about 850 m elevation in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, spanning 5.85 km². Its population includes Druze, Melkite Greek Catholic, and Maronite communities.
Formerly pronounced 'Ain Matour'. In Syriac it reads 'spring of the mountain water'; if taken as currently pronounced, 'people of the mountain'.
Amatour is recorded as the birthplace of five shuyukh uqqal — senior Druze religious figures — and the village was the site of the appointment of the first Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Middle East in 1724.
registered population ~5,400 · area ~500 ha · ~51 km from Beirut
أبو شقرا، عبد الصمد، ناشي، ناصيف، أبو رعد، إسطفان، جبارة، صعب الخوري، صوايا، لطيف، سالم، حرفوش
The town of Amatour is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 51 km from Beirut, at around 850 m elevation.
Amatour is about 51 km from Beirut.
Formerly pronounced 'Ain Matour'. In Syriac it reads 'spring of the mountain water'; if taken as currently pronounced, 'people of the mountain'.
Families associated with Amatour include: أبو شقرا, عبد الصمد, ناشي, ناصيف, أبو رعد, إسطفان, جبارة, صعب الخوري, صوايا, لطيف, سالم, حرفوش.
Notable people connected to Amatour include Sheikh Mohammad Daoud Abou Chacra, Sheikh Hussein Suleiman Abdel Samad, Hussein Abou Chacra.
Landmarks in Amatour include Hersh Amatour (Amatour Grove), Amatour Charitable Dispensary.
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