elevation ~861 m
Majd El Maouch is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, about 41 km from Beirut, about a 40-minute drive. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Kfarniss (~0.0 km), Bireh (~1.2 km) and Wadi El Sit (~2.2 km).
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Majdel Meouch is a municipality in Chouf District, Lebanon. It has a population of 3,089 as of 2015.
The name is a Syriac phrase Arabized by Freiha as 'the watchtower of the forest', figuratively 'the citadel or tower of the forest / the forest overlooking'. Its subdistricts also carry Aramaic/Syriac names: Bou Dine ('place of the rods'), Bir Snin ('the pure son'), Deir al-Chir (from a Syriac root for roundness) and Chouit ('the levelled, smoothed land').
Majd el-Maouch, in the qada of Chouf, comprises the districts of Bou Dine, Bir Snin, Deir al-Chir and Chouit, and its name is a Syriac phrase meaning 'watchtower of the forest'. Its inhabitants were displaced during the events of the 1980s but were among the first Chouf returnees in the early 1990s. Its religious heritage is tied to the Maronite Patriarch Douaihy, who built the church of St George the Martyr there, and to the monastery of Mar Maroun Bir Snin.
area ~100 ha
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A monastery site on a rocky height that gives one of the town’s localities its name.
~41 km from Beirut · ~40 min drive
The town of Majd El Maouch is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 861 m elevation.
Majd El Maouch is about 41 km from Beirut, roughly a 40-minute drive.
The name is a Syriac phrase Arabized by Freiha as 'the watchtower of the forest', figuratively 'the citadel or tower of the forest / the forest overlooking'. Its subdistricts also carry Aramaic/Syriac names: Bou Dine ('place of the rods'), Bir Snin ('the pure son'), Deir al-Chir (from a Syriac root for roundness) and Chouit ('the levelled, smoothed land').
Families associated with Majd El Maouch include: أبو سرحال, أبو شهلي, أبو عبدالله, أبو عيسى, مشلب, أبو فاضل, أبو قتاحة, أبو قمحة, أبو ناصيف, إسطفان, الياس حنا, أنطونيوس يارد, تكلي, حبيب, حرفوش, حوقا, خليل, الخوري, الخوري جرجس, خيرلله, دميان, الدويهي, ديب, الرعيدي, ريدان, سعادة, شاول, الشرتوني, شكور, شلهوب, صابر, صروف, صفير, طراد, طنوس, ظهران, عبده, عدنان, عسّاف, عطيّة, غطاس, فرح, فرنسيس, قانا, قسطنطين, قيالة, كروم, كيوان, مسلّم, ملكون, مراد, مرعي, مرهج, مسعود, مسلم, مطر, معوّض, نخلة, نجيب, نون, ياغي.
Notable people connected to Majd El Maouch include Father Youssef al-Douaihy, Khalil Saber, Ibriza Badri Fares al-Maouchi.
Landmarks in Majd El Maouch include Deir el-Shir, Majd el-Maouch Charitable League Center.
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