Jaj
Jaj is a mountainous village in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 68 kilometers north of Beirut. Jaj has an average elevation of 1,220 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,174 hectares.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Jage”, “Jâj”, and “Jej”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lehfed and مشمش.
Lehfed
Village
Lehfed is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 55 kilometers north of Beirut. Lehfed has an average elevation of 1000 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares.
مشمش
Village
Mish Mish is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 60 kilometers north of Beirut. Mish Mish has an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,471 hectares. مشمش is situated 3 km southwest of Jaj.
Bcheale
Village
Bchaaleh, alternatively spelled Bcheale, Bchealeh or Bshaaleh, is a village in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon. It had 1,456 eligible voters in the 2009 elections, and the residents mainly belonged to the Maronite Church. Bcheale is situated 4½ km north of Jaj.
Jaj
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.16429° or 34° 9′ 52″ northLongitude
35.80603° or 35° 48′ 22″ eastElevation
1,222 metres (4,009 feet)Open location code
8G6Q5R74+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6188295954OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Jaj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Jāj”
- Arabic: “جاج”
- Central Kurdish: “جاج”
- Dutch: “Jaj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جاج”
- French: “Jaj”
- Irish: “Jaj”
- Italian: “Jaj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jaj”
- Persian: “جاج”
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