Marjaayoun
The Marjayoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjayoun. Marjayoun stands at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, with Beaufort Castle.- Type: district of Lebanon with 45,300 residents
- Description: district in Nabatiyeh Governorate, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Caza de Marjayoun”, “Mari’yun”, “Marjayoun District”, “Marjeyoun District”, “Qaḑā’ Marji‘yūn”, “מרג‘ עיון”, “מרג’עיון”, and “נפת מרג’עיון”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dado observatory and Canada center.
Canada center
Sports venue
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metula and Kfar Kila.
Metula
Village
The Galilee Panhandle is the northernmost part… Metula is situated 3½ km east of Marjaayoun.
Et Taibeh
Town
At-Taybah, Tayibe or Taibeh is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in south Lebanon.
Marjaayoun
- Location: Nabatieh, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.2751° or 33° 16′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.5382° or 35° 32′ 18″ east
Population
45,300
Elevation
646 metres (2,119 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q7GGQ+27
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Marjaayoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قضاء مرجعيون”
- Armenian: “Մերջ Այունի շրջան”
- Catalan: “Marjeyoun”
- Cebuano: “Caza de Marjayoûn”
- Chinese: “邁爾季歐雲區”
- Chinese: “邁爾季歐雲縣”
- Dutch: “Marjeyoun”
- French: “District de Marjayoun”
- German: “Distrikt Mardsch Uyun”
- Greek: “διαμέρισμα του Μαρτζαγιούν”
- Hebrew: “נפת מרג‘ עיון”
- Hebrew: “נפת מרג’ עיון”
- Italian: “distretto di Marjayoun”
- Italian: “Distretto di Marjayoun”
- Japanese: “マルジャアユーン郡”
- Lithuanian: “Marejono rajonas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marjeyoun distrikt”
- Persian: “شهرستان مرجعیون”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Mardż Ujun”
- Polish: “Kada Mardż Ujun”
- Portuguese: “Marjeyoun”
- Russian: “Мердж-Аюн (район)”
- Russian: “Мердж-Аюн”
- Scots: “Marjeyoun Destrict”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Mardš Ujun”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Maryayún”
- Spanish: “Marjeyoun”
- Swedish: “Caza de Marjayoûn”
- Ukrainian: “Марджаюн (район)”
- Ukrainian: “Марджаюн”
- Urdu: “مرجعیون ضلع”
- Western Armenian: “Մարժա՛յուն”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Et Taïbé and Al-Aadaissah.
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