El Qaranes

El Qaranes is a mountain in , and has an elevation of 681 metres. El Qaranes is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Toron Castle.

Castle
Photo: Tdakroub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in , was a major Crusader castle, built in the mountains on the road from Tyre to . 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. is situated 4 km south of El Qaranes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khirbet Selm and As-Sultaniyah.

Village
Kherbet Selem is a municipality in southern . The municipality of Kherbet Selem is located in the , one of the eight mohafazats of Lebanon.

Village
Photo: Mohamad Nayef Marwani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the , in southern , located just north of . It was earlier called el Yehudiyeh. is situated 2½ km south of El Qaranes.

Village
or Ash-Shihabiyah, also spelled ash-Shehabiyah or Chehabiye, formerly Tayr Zibna, is a municipality located in the of , located in the . is situated 3 km northwest of El Qaranes.

El Qaranes

Latitude
33.23° or 33° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.40806° or 35° 24′ 29″ east
Elevation
681 metres (2,234 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q6CH5+X6
Geo­Names ID
279200
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“El Qaranes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القرانس”

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