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Grid position
  
189/284 PAL

Governorate
  
Nabatieh Governorate

Elevation
  
950 m (3,120 ft)

Local time
  
Thursday 3:35 AM

Country
  
District
  
Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Beit Yahoun

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 76% Humidity

Beit Yahoun (Arabic: بيت ياحون‎‎) is a village in Lebanon located near Bint Jbeil, in the Nabatiye Governorate. Beit Yahoun is 117 km from Beirut. It is 950 meters above sea level and covers an area of 485 hectares.

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Map of Beit Yahoun, Lebanon

History

Visiting in 1875, Victor Guérin described it as a village with 150 Metualis.

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about fifty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with grapes and figs. There are no springs, but a birket and cisterns for water supply.”

References

Beit Yahoun Wikipedia


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