Ain Dara
Ain Dara, is a village about 30 kilometres from Beirut, in the governorate of Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District. Ain Dara Municipality has an area of 2,586 hectares, with a population of approximately 8000 persons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Ayn Dārah”, “Aïn Dâra”, and “Ain Dara, Lebanon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mudeirej Bridge.
Mudeirej Bridge
Bridge
The Mudeirej Bridge or Mdairej Bridge is a bridge in Lebanon. It was completed in 1998 as the tallest and highest bridge in Lebanon and the Middle East but this has since been surpassed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bmahray and Sawfar.
Bmahray
Village
Photo: Ghassan Mroue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bmahray, is a village in the Aley District in Lebanon. It lies 41 km south-East of Beirut at an altitude of 1215m above sea level. Bmahray is situated 2½ km south of Ain Dara.
Sawfar
Village
Photo: marviikad, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3 km northwest of Ain Dara.
Hammana
Town
Photo: P-mous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hammana is a town in Lebanon, about 26 km east of Beirut. At an altitude of 1200 m above sea level, Hammana is in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in the district of Baabda. Hammana is situated 5 km north of Ain Dara.
Ain Dara
- Categories: human settlement, municipality of Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.78074° or 33° 46′ 51″ northLongitude
35.72474° or 35° 43′ 29″ eastElevation
1,257 metres (4,124 feet)Open location code
8G5QQPJF+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 6538480337OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ain Dara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين دارا”
- Arabic: “عين دارة”
- Arabic: “عين داره”
- Dutch: “Ain Dara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عين داره”
- French: “Ain Dara”
- Greek: “Αΐν Νταρά”
- Hebrew: “עין דרה”
- Italian: “Ain Dara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ain Dara i Libanon”
- Persian: “عین داره”
- Urdu: “عین دارہ، لبنان”
- Urdu: “عین دارہ”
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