Ras El Harf
Ras El Harf is a village in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Ras El Harf is situated nearby to the hamlet Haret Hamzeh, as well as near the town Bhamdoun Al Mahatta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bhamdoun and Baalchmay.
Bhamdoun
Town
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Bhamdoun, is a town in Lebanon 23 km from Beirut on the main road that leads to Damascus and in the suburbs of the main tourist city of Aley, lying at an altitude of 1,150 m above the Lamartine valley.
Sawfar
Village
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Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar, Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres, Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus. Sawfar is situated 3 km east of Ras El Harf.
Ras El Harf
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Ra’s al Ḩarf”, “Ras el Harf”, and “Râs el Harf”
- Category: locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.81159° or 33° 48′ 42″ northLongitude
35.66913° or 35° 40′ 9″ eastElevation
793 metres (2,602 feet)Open location code
8G5QRM69+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 7678298065OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
268778
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Ras El Harf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس الحرف”
- Arabic: “راس الحرف”
- French: “Ras El Harf”
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