Qaraoun
Qaraoun is a Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Western Beqaa District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Al Qar‘awn”, “Al Qar‘ūn”, “Al Qir‘awn”, “El Qar‘aun”, “El Qaraoun”, “El-Qer‘ann”, “Karaoun”, “Qaraaoun”, and “Qaraun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Qaraoun.
Lake Qaraoun
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lake Qaraoun is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It was created near Qaraoun village in 1959 by building a 61 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam in the middle reaches of the Litani River. Lake Qaraoun is situated 3 km northwest of Qaraoun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Majdel Balhis and Baaloul.
Majdel Balhis
Village
Majdel Balhis is a village and municipality located in Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. Majdel Balhis is 95 km away from Beirut. Its altitude is 1100 meters above sea level. Majdel Balhis is situated 3½ km southeast of Qaraoun.
Baaloul
Town
Baaloul is a town located in the western Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Baaloul is situated 4 km northeast of Qaraoun.
Aitanite
Village
Aitanite/ Aitaneet is a village in Lebanon, in the West Beqaa region. Aitanit is located in the southern region of Lebanon, particularly the Beqaa Valley. Aitanite is situated 4½ km west of Qaraoun.
Qaraoun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.56324° or 33° 33′ 48″ northLongitude
35.72039° or 35° 43′ 13″ eastPopulation
7,000Elevation
972 metres (3,189 feet)Open location code
8G5QHP7C+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 5226873761OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
279120Wikidata ID
Q3133780
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Qaraoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القرعون”
- Arabic: “قرعون”
- Cebuano: “El Qaraaoun”
- Dutch: “Qaraoun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قرعون”
- French: “Qaraoun”
- German: “Qaraoun”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Καραούν”
- Hebrew: “קרעון”
- Irish: “Qaraoun”
- Italian: “Qaraoun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qaraoun”
- Persian: “قرعون”
- Portuguese: “Karaoun”
- Spanish: “Karaoun”
- Swedish: “El Qaraaoun”
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