Ehden
Ehden is a mountainous city in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal in the Mount Lebanon Range. Its residents are the people of Zgharta, as it is within the Zgharta District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Ehdène”, “Ihden”, and “Ihdin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya and Mar Sarkis, Ehden.
Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya
Monastery
Photo: Yellaban, Public domain.
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, or Monastery of Qozhaya is a large and important Maronite monastery. It is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
Mar Sarkis, Ehden
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
In Ehden, Lebanon, Mar Sarkis is a monastery of the Antonins. It is located in the Zgharta District of the North Governorate, in the Qozhaya valley. It overlooks Ehden, Kfarsghab, Bane and Hadath El Jebbeh.
Horsh Ehden
Nature reserve
Horsh Ehden is a nature reserve located in Northern Lebanon. It contains a forest of the cedar of Lebanon, making it a part of the country's cultural and natural heritage. Horsh Ehden is situated 3 km northeast of Ehden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfarsghab and Bane.
Kfarsghab
Village
Photo: Yellaban, Public domain.
Kfarsghab is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity.
Bane
Village
Photo: Yellaban, Public domain.
Bane is a Maronite Christian village located in the Bsharri District,in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
Basloukit
Village
Basloukit or Beslouqit is a village in Zgharta District, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. The people of the village are predominantly Maronite Christians.
Ehden
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.29066° or 34° 17′ 26″ northLongitude
35.96568° or 35° 57′ 56″ eastElevation
1,451 metres (4,760 feet)Open location code
8G6Q7XR8+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 5051679201OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ehden” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إهدن”
- Arabic: “اهدن”
- Catalan: “Ehden”
- Catalan: “Ihdin”
- Dutch: “Ehden”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اهدن”
- French: “Ehden”
- German: “Ehden”
- Hebrew: “אהדן”
- Irish: “Ehden”
- Italian: “Ehden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ehden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ehden”
- Norwegian: “Ehden”
- Persian: “اهدن”
- Polish: “Ihdan”
- Polish: “Ihdin”
- Russian: “Эден”
- Silesian: “Ihdin”
- Spanish: “Ehden”
- Swedish: “Ehden”
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