Bhamdoun
Bhamdoun, is a town in Lebanon 23 km from Beirut on the main road that leads to Damascus and in the suburbs of the main tourist city of Aley, lying at an altitude of 1,150 m above the Lamartine valley.- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: town in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Bhamdoûn”, “Bhamdoun el Mhatta”, and “Bḩamdūn al Maḩaţţah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baalchmay and Sawfar.
Sawfar
Village
Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar, Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres, Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus. Sawfar is situated 4 km east of Bhamdoun.
Ras el-Matn
Village
Ras el-Matn, also spelled as Ras el-Metn or Ra's al-Matn, is a Lebanese town and municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate stretching over 1,300 hectares. The town has a population of nearly 11,000 inhabitants who are Druze. Ras el-Matn is situated 5 km north of Bhamdoun.
Bhamdoun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.80307° or 33° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.65945° or 35° 39′ 34″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,100 metres (3,609 feet)
Open location code
8G5QRM35+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Bhamdoun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bhamdoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحمدون”
- Catalan: “Bhamdoun”
- Cebuano: “Bhamdoûn el Mhatta”
- Dutch: “Bhamdoun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحمدون”
- French: “Bhamdoun”
- German: “Bhamdoun”
- Hebrew: “בחמדון”
- Irish: “Bhamdoun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bhamdoun”
- Persian: “بحمدون”
- Polish: “Bahamdun”
- Swedish: “Bhamdoûn el Mhatta”
- Ukrainian: “Багамдун”
- Urdu: “بحمدون”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Bhamdoun”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bhamdoun Al Mahatta and Ras El Harf.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include مسجد اميرة الطبش and Bhamdoun Jewish Synagogue.
Mount Lebanon: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Byblos, Jounieh, Deir el Qamar, and Faraya.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.