Aintoura

Aintoura is a town and municipality in the of the , . It is located 18 kilometers north of . The average elevation of Aintoura is 230 meters above the sea level and its total land area is 71 hectares.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “‘Ain Tūra”, “‘Anţūrah”, “‘Aynţūrah”, “Aantoûra”, “Ainture”, and “Antura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lower Grotto and Bkerké.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the river valley within the locality of , 18 kilometres north of the capital .

Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in , located 350 m above the bay of , northeast of , in Lebanon.

College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, , . is situated 3 km southwest of Aintoura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ain el-Rihaneh and Jeita.

Village
is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 21 kilometres north of .

Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 20 kilometres north of .

Town
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and municipality in the of the in . Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.

Aintoura

Latitude
33.95988° or 33° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.63514° or 35° 38′ 7″ east
Elevation
228 metres (748 feet)
Open location code
8G5QXJ5P+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5762346768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
277395
Wiki­data ID
Q681186
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Aintoura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عينطورة”
  • Armenian: “Այնթուրա”
  • Cebuano: “Aïntoûra”
  • Dutch: “Aintoura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عينطوره”
  • French: “Aintoura”
  • French: “Antoura”
  • German: “Aintoura”
  • Greek: “Αϊντουρά”
  • Irish: “Aintoura”
  • Italian: “Antoura (Kisrawan)”
  • Italian: “Antoura”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aintoura”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antoura”
  • Norwegian: “Aintoura”
  • Persian: “عینطورة”
  • Persian: “عینطوره”
  • Swedish: “Aïntoûra”
  • Urdu: “عینطورہ”
  • “Aantoura”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lebanese Canadian University and Aintoura Municipality.

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