Douar Explained

Ed-Douar
Native Name:الدوار
Native Name Lang:ara
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Douar within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:33.8442°N 35.6597°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Mount Lebanon Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Matn District
Population Density Km2:auto
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

Douar or Ed-Douar (Arabic: الدوار) is small, mainly Maronite, village located in the Metn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. Douar means "round about".

Location

The municipality of Douar is located in the Kaza of Matn, in the mohafazat (governorate) of Mount Lebanon. Just above the town of Bikfaya from the east and Mar Moussa from the south, Douar is 28abbr=offNaNabbr=off from Beyrouth (Beirut), the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is between 1050 and 1150 meters above sea level. Douar stretches on a hilly area of 132ha.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Douar - Localiban. 2013-08-08. 2013-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105060725/http://www.localiban.org/spip.php?article4512. dead.