Jiyeh is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Jiyeh with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.
elevation ~0 m · area ~1.75 km² · population ~800
Jiyeh is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon at about 250 m above sea level roughly 51 km from Beirut. Its land covers about 1.75 km², registered population is around 800.
Freiha traced Jiyeh to Aramaic meaning 'the cheerful, pleasant place'. Antoine al-Qazzi derived it from Greek 'Aege' (the good land) and identified it with Porphyrion, one of the major Phoenician cities. The name of its district Qassouba is from a Semitic root meaning to cut/separate.
Local references trace the name of Jiyeh to Syriac roots.
registered population ~8,000
إسطفان، بدران، البستاني، حاتم، الخوري، ديب، رزق، شلالا، شهاب، عبّود، قزّي، متري، نخلة، نعمة، يوسف، إبراهيم، أبو صالح، بركات، الحاج، الخطيب، عيد، عيسى، فرحات، الكجك
~30 km from Beirut · ~25 min drive
The town of Jiyeh is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 0 m elevation.
Jiyeh is about 30 km from Beirut, roughly a 25-minute drive.
Freiha traced Jiyeh to Aramaic meaning 'the cheerful, pleasant place'. Antoine al-Qazzi derived it from Greek 'Aege' (the good land) and identified it with Porphyrion, one of the major Phoenician cities. The name of its district Qassouba is from a Semitic root meaning to cut/separate.
Families associated with Jiyeh include: إسطفان, بدران, البستاني, حاتم, الخوري, ديب, رزق, شلالا, شهاب, عبّود, قزّي, متري, نخلة, نعمة, يوسف, إبراهيم, أبو صالح, بركات, الحاج, الخطيب, عيد, عيسى, فرحات, الكجك.
Notable people connected to Jiyeh include Gabriel al-Boustani, Abbot Boutros al-Qazzi, Dr. Nassif Hanna al-Qazzi, Dr. Georges Nader al-Qazzi.
Jiyeh 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 itself and Rmaileh at roughly sea level — the union's lowest point — up to about 795 metres at Daraya and Aanout on its eastern, mountainous edge. Within the union, Jiyeh is the location of the area's primary sewage station — the network to which the other municipalities' lines are designed to connect.
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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