Aramoun, Keserwan

Aramoun

عرمون
Aramoun عرمون
Municipality
	The Monastery of Saint Nicolas in Aramoun, formerly the house of al-Dahdah
	Aramoun Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 34°1′9″N 35°42′1″E / 34.01917°N 35.70028°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Keserwan
Area
• Total	1.48 km2 (0.57 sq mi)
Elevation	730 m (2,400 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Aramoun (Arabic: عرمون; also spelled Aaramoun or ′Aramun) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beirut.^[1] It has an average elevation of 730 meters above sea level and a total land area of 148 hectares.^[1] Aramoun's inhabitants are Maronites.^[2]

History

According to Ottoman tax records, Aramoun had four Muslim households, twelve Christian households and four Christian bachelors.^[3]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Aramun as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".^[4]

In 1959, an Ariana Airlines plane crashed just moments after taking off from the nearby Beirut International airport. The flight, Flight 202 was going to Iran and then to Afghanistan.

References

^ ^a ^b "Aaramoun (Kesrwan)". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
^ Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD) (PDF). University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 194

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

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[localiban-1] "Aaramoun (Kesrwan)". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

[2] "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

[3] Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD) (PDF). University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[4] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 194

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v t e Keserwan District, Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
Capital: Jounieh
Towns and villages	Adma wa Dafneh Ain el-Rihaneh Aintoura Ajaltoun Aramoun Ashqout Azra Ballouneh Batha Bkerké Bqaatouta Bzoummar Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad Chnaniir Daraoun Daraya Dlebta Faitroun Faraya Fatqa Ghazir Ghbaleh Ghidras Ghineh Ghosta Harissa-Daraoun Herharaya Hrajel Jdaidet Ghazir Jeita Jouret Bedran Jouret el-Termos Kaslik Kfar Dibiane Kfar Yassine Okaibe Qattine Qleiat Maarab Mayrouba Rayfoun Safra Sahel Alma Sarba Sehaileh Tabarja Yahchouch Zouk Mikael Zouk Mosbeh
Notable landmarks	Our Lady of Lebanon Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb Jeita Grotto Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve Mzaar Kfardebian

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States Israel

Aramoun عرمون
Municipality
The Monastery of Saint Nicolas in Aramoun, formerly the house of al-Dahdah
Aramoun Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°1′9″N 35°42′1″E / 34.01917°N 35.70028°E / 34.01917; 35.70028
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Keserwan
Area
• Total	1.48 km² (0.57 sq mi)
Elevation	730 m (2,400 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)