Bechamoun
Bechamoun, is a town near Beirut in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It has an area about 6.6 square kilometres and elevation between 60 and 580 metres above sea level.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Bchémoûn”, “Beshamoun”, “Bshamoun”, “Bshāmūn”, “البشامون”, and “بشمون”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aramoun and Kfarshima.
Aramoun
Village
Aramoun is a village in the Aley District… Aramoun is situated 2½ km southwest of Bechamoun.
Kfarshima
Town
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the… Kfarshima is situated 3½ km north of Bechamoun.
Ain Ksour
Village
Ain Ksour, is a village in Aley District, Lebanon. Ain Ksour is situated 4 km south of Bechamoun.
Bechamoun
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.78195° or 33° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.53158° or 35° 31′ 54″ east
Elevation
452 metres (1,483 feet)
UN/LOCODE
LB BMN
Open location code
8G5QQGJJ+QJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bechamoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بشامون”
- Dutch: “Bechamoun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بشامون”
- French: “Bechamoun”
- Hebrew: “בשאמון”
- Irish: “Beshamoun”
- Italian: “Bchamoun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bechamoun”
- Persian: “بشامون”
- Urdu: “بشامون”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ain Anoub and Sarhmoul.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: مختار بشامون السابق أنور الحلبي and Bchamoun Municipality.
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