Dahr El Maghara
Dahr El Maghara is a small Lebanese Christian village that is located, about 20 km south of Beirut in the Chouf region of Mount Lebanon. The village is mainly home to the Dagher family, although new construction around the area has led to numerous other families calling the village home.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Ḑahr al Maghārah”, “Ḑahr al Mughārah”, “Dahr el Mghara”, “Dahr el Mghâra”, “Dahr el Mrhâra”, and “Dhar el Moughara”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Debbieh and Barja.
Debbieh
Village
Dibbiyeh or Debbiyeh is a Lebanese village in the Iqlim al-Kharrub part of the Chouf district mountains, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Beirut, Lebanon. Debbieh is situated 4 km southeast of Dahr El Maghara.
Barja
Town
Barja is a town and municipality in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barja is situated near the Mediterranean coast, 34 kilometers south of Beirut and at the midway point between the latter and Sidon. Barja is situated 4 km south of Dahr El Maghara.
Jieh
Town
Photo: Prince Cadmus II, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jieh is a seaside town in Lebanon with an estimated population of 5000, 23 km south of Beirut, in the Chouf District via a 20-minute drive along the Beirut to Sidon highway south of the capital. Jieh is situated 6 km southwest of Dahr El Maghara.
Dahr El Maghara
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.67966° or 33° 40′ 47″ northLongitude
35.44885° or 35° 26′ 56″ eastElevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)Open location code
8G5QMCHX+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7644450812OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Dahr El Maghara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضهر المغارة”
- Dutch: “Dahr El Maghara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضهر المغاره”
- French: “Dahr El Maghara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dahr El Maghara”
- Persian: “ضهر المغاره”
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