Er Rouaïs

Er Rouaïs is a hill in Nabatieh, Lebanon and has an elevation of 734 metres. Er Rouaïs is situated nearby to the locality El Baïdar, as well as near Ḩārīş.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jabal Amel and Toron Castle.

Jabal Amel

Peak

Jabal Amil is a cultural and geographic region in Southern Lebanon largely associated with its long-established, predominantly Twelver Shia Muslim inhabitants.

Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee. Toron Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Er Rouaïs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tibnin and As-Sultaniyah.

Tibnin

Photo: Tdakroub, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tibnin is a municipality spread across several hills located about 25 km east of Tyre, in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel".

As-Sultaniyah

Village

Photo: Mohamad Nayef Marwani, CC BY-SA 3.0.

As-Sultaniyah is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, located just north of Tibnin. It was earlier called el Yehudiyeh. As-Sultaniyah is situated 4 km northeast of Er Rouaïs.

Rashaf

Village

Rashaf or Rshaf is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District of the Nabatieh Governorate of Southern Lebanon, 6 kilometres from the Israel-Lebanon border. Rashaf is situated 4 km south of Er Rouaïs.

Er Rouaïs

Type: Hill with an elevation of 734 metres
Also known as: “Ar Ru’ays”, “Ar Ruways”, and “Er Rouais”
Category: landform
Location: Nabatieh, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.17944° or 33° 10′ 46″ north

Longitude

35.37806° or 35° 22′ 41″ east

Elevation

734 metres (2,408 feet)

Open location code

8G5Q59HH+Q6

GeoNames ID

278478

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In Other Languages

“Er Rouaïs” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الرويس”

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Localities in the Area

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