elevation ~350 m
Joun is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 35 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Deir El Mokhalles (~2.2 km), Mghairiyeh (~2.6 km) and Jmayliyeh (~3.6 km).
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Joun is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon at about 350 m above sea level roughly 48 km from Beirut. local agriculture includes fruit trees and vegetables.
Researchers agree the name Joun derives from Aramaic meaning 'a corner/angle'. Its lands hold antiquities back to the Stone Age and remains linked to the Phoenician temple of Eshmun near the Awali river, as well as rock-cut sarcophagi thousands of years old.
Joun is where Lady Hester Stanhope spent her last years. She rented an abandoned monastery on one of the village hilltops and turned it into her residence; the property now belongs to the Holy Saviour Monastery. That monastery — Deir el-Mokhalles, the mother house of the Greek Catholic Salvatorian Order — stands on Joun’s land. Antiquities found across the village run from the Stone Age to remains treated as an extension of the Phoenician temple of Eshmun by the Awali river.
registered population ~6,500 · area ~1,001 ha · ~48 km from Beirut
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The remains of the hilltop residence the English traveller made out of an abandoned monastery she rented, and where she spent her last years. The property now belongs to the Holy Saviour Monastery.
The mother house of the Greek Catholic Salvatorian Order.
A spring counted among Joun's historic features, alongside Ain el-Fouqa and Ain el-Tahta.
A municipal dispensary on the main road providing basic health care to Joun.
The town of Joun is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 48 km from Beirut, at around 350 m elevation.
Joun is about 48 km from Beirut.
Researchers agree the name Joun derives from Aramaic meaning 'a corner/angle'. Its lands hold antiquities back to the Stone Age and remains linked to the Phoenician temple of Eshmun near the Awali river, as well as rock-cut sarcophagi thousands of years old.
Families associated with Joun include: إبراهيم, أبو سليمان, أبو عبده, إسطفان, أفرام, بادري, برخش, جاويش, جمّال, غصن, حمّار, حداد, حنا, حوراني, حيدر, خرياطي, الخوري, داغر, روفايل, روكز, زيادة, سعد, سلمان, سليمان, سمّون, الشامي, شموني, ضومط, عبد النور, عجيمي, فارس, فرح, فواز, الكوسا, مخول, لطيف, مزهر, معلولي, ناشف, نبعة, نجم, نصر, نهرا, وردة, أبو علي, إسماعيل, بربر, بربور, الجواد, حجازي, حمام, خالد, زين, شمس الدين, صالح, العرب, علاء الدين, عيد, عيسى, قاسم, معطي, نصار.
Notable people connected to Joun include Bishop Boulos Barkache, Bishop Basilios al-Hajjar, Nicolas Elias Haddad, Elias Ibrahim Hanna.
Landmarks in Joun include Lady Hester Stanhope's palace, Deir el-Mokhalles (Holy Saviour Monastery), Ain Hayroun, Sayyidat Church and Mar Youssef Church, Joun Municipal Dispensary.
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