elevation ~439 m
Mazboud is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, about 41 km from Beirut, about a 35-minute drive. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Chhim (~1.5 km), Dalhoun (~1.7 km) and Mghairiyeh (~2.1 km).
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Mazboud is a town in Iqlim el-Kharroub — the coastal side of the Chouf district, Mount Lebanon — about 41 km from Beirut, and the seat of the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali. It is known locally for its waterfall and its pine and cedar woodland; the finds on its hills — sarcophagi, olive presses, Roman and Byzantine coins — were dated by the Directorate of Antiquities to the era in which Baalbek was built, and Othman Hospital in the town serves the wider Iqlim area.
Mazboud is a town in Iqlim el-Kharroub, Chouf district, known for its waterfall and the Roman-era finds on its hills. It is the seat of the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali, and Othman Hospital in the town serves the wider Iqlim area.
Mazboud saw fighting and unrest in the era of the emirate. After the civil war ended it went through a wide building boom, with modern blocks and residential compounds going up.
Sarcophagi and rock-cut caves, building works, olive presses, statues, Roman and Byzantine coins, mosaic, roof-tile fragments, rock-cut wells and marble columns found across its hills. The Directorate of Antiquities dated the finds to the period in which Baalbek was built.
A private hospital in Mazboud that serves the wider Iqlim El-Kharroub area.
~41 km from Beirut · ~35 min drive
The town of Mazboud is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 439 m elevation.
Mazboud is about 41 km from Beirut, roughly a 35-minute drive.
Landmarks in Mazboud include Mazboud hill antiquities, Mazboud Mosque, Pine and cedar woodland, Othman Hospital.
Mazboud 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 — and is itself the seat of the union. The union's area stretches from Jiyeh and Rmaileh on the Mediterranean up to roughly 795 metres at Daraya and Aanout on its eastern, mountainous edge. Beyond its administrative role, Mazboud is known locally for its waterfall and a private hospital that serves the wider area; religious shrines on its outskirts are listed among the area's heritage assets, and a share of the union's industrial facilities sits within its bounds.
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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