elevation ~7 m
Rmaileh is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 33 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Jmayliyeh (~2.8 km), Jadra (~3.0 km) and Wardaniyeh (~3.4 km).
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Rmaileh is a Chouf-area settlement in Mount Lebanon.
Rmaileh is an Arabic name Lebanese give to areas with sandy soil. Its Greek name appears in a text by the historian Polybius cited by Asad Rustum, in connection with a battle fought on its land during the conflict between Antiochus III the Seleucid and the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
Rmaileh appears under its Greek name in a passage of Polybius describing a battle fought on its ground during the struggle between Antiochus III and the Ptolemies. Renan noted the site during his mission to Phoenicia, calling it an old settlement holding the remains of an ancient town.
registered population ~4,000 · registered voters ~1,150 · ~50 km from Beirut
أبو عيسى، بولس، ثابت، خلف، الخوري، داغر، طنوس، عرابي، عطالله، الغريّب، غطاس، فارس، فيّاض، القزّي، كرم، المر، نمر، نوفل، الهاشم، كليب، نجم، أبو نجم
Two burial caves below the hill on the western side, one with niches cut for the dead and the other with five, in use since Phoenician times; similar caves lie in the upper town.
The town of Rmaileh is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 50 km from Beirut, at around 7 m elevation.
Rmaileh is about 50 km from Beirut.
Rmaileh is an Arabic name Lebanese give to areas with sandy soil. Its Greek name appears in a text by the historian Polybius cited by Asad Rustum, in connection with a battle fought on its land during the conflict between Antiochus III the Seleucid and the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
Families associated with Rmaileh include: أبو عيسى, بولس, ثابت, خلف, الخوري, داغر, طنوس, عرابي, عطالله, الغريّب, غطاس, فارس, فيّاض, القزّي, كرم, المر, نمر, نوفل, الهاشم, كليب, نجم, أبو نجم.
Notable people connected to Rmaileh include Tanios Gerges Al-Khoury, Joseph Naji Al-Qazzi, Shahin Youssef Al-Qazzi.
Rmaileh 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 runs from Rmaileh and Jiyeh at roughly sea level — the union's lowest point — up to about 795 metres at Daraya and Aanout on its eastern, mountainous edge. Rmaileh therefore sits on the union's coastal edge, alongside Jiyeh.
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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