Jdeideh El Chouf is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Jdeideh El Chouf with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.
elevation ~750 m
Jdeideh El Chouf is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon at about 750 m above sea level roughly 53 km from Beirut. Local agriculture includes fruit trees and grapevines.
El Jdeideh, a name borne by many Lebanese villages, is an Arabic alteration (not a diminutive) of 'al-jadida' (the new). It is thought to have been so named to distinguish it from Boqaata, of which it still forms a part; the name Boqaata is Syriac, meaning 'a flat plain'.
Local references trace the name of Jdeideh El Chouf to Syriac roots. The same source notes sites such as a cave, a bridge, and a spring.
registered voters ~400
أبو عيّاش، حيدر، شديد، شرف الدين، أبو طليع، الفطايري، نصر الله، الغصيني، عون
~48 km from Beirut · ~45 min drive
The town of Jdeideh El Chouf is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 750 m elevation.
Jdeideh El Chouf is about 48 km from Beirut, roughly a 45-minute drive.
El Jdeideh, a name borne by many Lebanese villages, is an Arabic alteration (not a diminutive) of 'al-jadida' (the new). It is thought to have been so named to distinguish it from Boqaata, of which it still forms a part; the name Boqaata is Syriac, meaning 'a flat plain'.
Families associated with Jdeideh El Chouf include: أبو عيّاش, حيدر, شديد, شرف الدين, أبو طليع, الفطايري, نصر الله, الغصيني, عون.