Official Name: | Aana |
Native Name: | عانا |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Beqaa |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.6944°N 35.7556°W |
Elevation M: | 970 |
Aana (عانا) is a village in the Western Bekaa District of Lebanon, about 57km (35miles) from Beirut. Its name comes from the Syriac word "'ono", which means 'the flock'. The village has two churches, one dedicated to St. Elias (Elijah) and the other to the Virgin Mary in the adjacent borough of Deir Tahniche. The village produces wine and fruit. The wines of Chateau Musar grow in a tract of land about 5km (03miles) long, land that is the home of Lebanese-Brazilian Carlos Eddé.[1]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as 'Ana; a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley.[2]
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