Daraoun Explained

Official Name:Daraoun
Native Name:درعون
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Keserwan-Jbeil
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Keserwan
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.9769°N 35.6586°W

Daraoun (Arabic: درعون) is a village, part of Harissa-Daraoun municipality, located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon.[1]

History

Ottoman tax records indicate Daraoun had seven Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1523, sixteen Muslim households and one imam in 1530, and ten Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1543. Sons or descendants of Abu Nawfal, the 17th-century head of the Khazen family, settled to some extent in Daraoun.

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Der'an as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".[2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daraoun - Harissa. Localiban. Localiban. 2017-11-26. 2007-07-03.
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193