Jmayliyeh, in the Chouf

Jmayliyeh is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Jmayliyeh with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.

elevation ~300 m · area ~1.3 km²

About Jmayliyeh

Jmayliyeh is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon at about 300 m above sea level roughly 42 km from Beirut. Its land covers about 1.3 km², local agriculture includes grapevines and grains.

Name & origin

The name El Jmeiliyeh is attributed to the Gemayel (al-Jmayyel) family who, according to tradition, founded it; its fief was later bought by a man of Italian origin named Louis Catafago before the ancestors of the present community purchased it from him at the start of the twentieth century.

In figures

area ~171 ha

Families

داغر، سركيس، نقولا

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