Aramoun, Keserwan Explained

Aramoun
Native Name:عرمون
Settlement Type:Municipality
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
Area Total Km2:1.48
Elevation M:730
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Coordinates:34.0192°N 35.7003°W

Aramoun (ar|عرمون; also spelled Aaramoun or ′Aramun) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 28km (17miles) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 730 meters above sea level and a total land area of 148 hectares.[1] Aramoun's inhabitants are Maronites.[2]

History

See also: Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202. According to Ottoman tax records, Aramoun had four Muslim households, twelve Christian households and four Christian bachelors.[3]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Aramun as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".[4]

In 1959, an Ariana Airlines plane crashed just moments after taking off from the nearby Beirut International airport. The flight, Flight 202 was going to Iran and then to Afghanistan.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aaramoun (Kesrwan). Localiban. Localiban. 2016-02-26. 2008-01-19.
  2. Web site: Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban . Localiban . Localiban . 2016-02-26 . 19 . pdf . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf . 2015-07-24 .
  3. Book: Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah . The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD) . School of Oriental and African Studies . February 1972 . University of London . 287.
  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 194