Jisr el Ochâq
Jisr el Ochâq is a bridge in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Jisr el Ochâq is situated nearby to the village Sehaile, as well as near the town Ballouneh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lower Grotto and Bkerké.
Lower Grotto
Cave
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Lower Grotto is situated 2½ km southwest of Jisr el Ochâq.
Bkerké
Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 350 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon. Bkerké is situated 3 km northwest of Jisr el Ochâq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sehaile and Ballouneh.
Sehaile
Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 25 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares.
Ballouneh
Town
Ballouneh is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 18 kilometers north of Beirut.
Ain el-Rihaneh
Village
Ain el-Rihaneh is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 21 kilometres north of Beirut.
Jisr el Ochâq
- Type: Bridge
- Also known as: “Jisr al ‘Ushshāq” and “Jisr el Ochaq”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.95611° or 33° 57′ 22″ northLongitude
35.665° or 35° 39′ 54″ eastElevation
571 metres (1,873 feet)Open location code
8G5QXM47+CXGeoNames ID
266448
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In Other Languages
“Jisr el Ochâq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر العشاق”
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