| Barouk | |
| Native Name: | فريديس الشوف-باروك |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Barouk within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.7083°N 35.6775°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mount Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chouf |
| Area Total Km2: | 27.62 |
| Elevation M: | 1000 |
| Population Total: | 5,197 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | (Registered voters) |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +961 |
Barouk (Arabic: باروك) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares.[1] The village had 5,197 registered voters in 2010.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze and Maronite and Melkite Christians.[2]
Historically, Barouk is known for being the "land of good", because of its fountain, Nabeh-el-Barouk. The poet Rachid Nakhleh, the writer of the national hymn, Kulluna lel watan, was born in Barouk. The village is also well known for its apples and other fruits, and for its many pine and oak forests. Barouk is named after the adjacent mountain of Jabal el-Barouk, which stands 1,943 meters above sea level. The mountain also has the largest nature reserve in Lebanon, the Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, and contains the oldest cedar forest in Lebanon.