Ain el-Rihaneh
Ain el-Rihaneh is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 21 kilometres north of Beirut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: municipality in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Ayn ar Rayḩānah”, “Ain El Rihaneh”, “Ain er Rihane”, and “Aïn er Rîhâné”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower Grotto and Bkerké.
Lower Grotto
Cave
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Bkerké
Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 650 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon.
Marist College Champville
College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, Matn District, Lebanon. Marist College Champville is situated 4 km southwest of Ain el-Rihaneh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeita and Sehaile.
Jeita
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeita is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres north of Beirut.
Sehaile
Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 25 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares.
Daraoun
Village
Daraoun is a village, part of Harissa-Daraoun municipality, located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon.
Ain el-Rihaneh
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.95966° or 33° 57′ 35″ northLongitude
35.64732° or 35° 38′ 50″ eastElevation
333 metres (1,093 feet)Open location code
8G5QXJ5W+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5860971879OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Ain el-Rihaneh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين الريحانة”
- French: “Ain El Rihaneh”
- French: “Ain Er Rihaneh”
- German: “Ain El Rihaneh”
- Italian: “Ain er Rihaneh”
- Persian: “عین الریحانه”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mar Youssef Church and Sainte Rafqa Church.
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