Daraya
Daraya, also known as Dheira, is a Lebanese village located in Chouf District in Mount Lebanon Governorate. The name is derived from "Dar" which means house or home.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Daraiya”, “Dâraïya”, “Daraya, Chouf”, “Dārayyā”, and “Dareiya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shahim and Jahlieh.
Shahim
Town
Shhiim alternatively written as Shheem or Chhim/Chehim is a town in Lebanon which is located 40 kilometres south-east of Beirut. The largest Sunni Muslim town in the Chouf region, Shhiim has a population of approximately 50,560. Shahim is situated 2½ km southwest of Daraya.
Jahlieh
Village
Jahlieh is a village in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon, located 35 kilometers southeast of Beirut with an altitude ranging between 400 and 650 meters above sea level and a total land area of 250 hectares. Jahlieh is situated 3 km north of Daraya.
Zaarourieh
Village
Zaarouriye, also written Zaarourieh, is a town in the mountains of Chouf District in the Mont-Liban state of Lebanon. It is located 750 meters above sea level and is 40 kilometers from Beirut. Zaarourieh is situated 3 km southeast of Daraya.
Daraya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.63988° or 33° 38′ 24″ northLongitude
35.50523° or 35° 30′ 19″ eastElevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)Open location code
8G5QJGQ4+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 7367663872OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Daraya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “داريا الشوف”
- Arabic: “داريا”
- Dutch: “Daraya, Chouf”
- Egyptian Arabic: “داريا”
- French: “Daraiya”
- Italian: “Daraya (Shuf)”
- Italian: “Daraya”
- Persian: “داریا، الشوف”
- Urdu: “داریا، شوف”
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