Aqoura
Aaqoura is a mountainous village in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, 68 kilometers north of Beirut. Aaqoura has an average elevation of 1,600 meters above sea level and a total land area of around 140 square kilometers and it has 14 villages around its borders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Aaqoura”, “Akura”, “Al ‘Āqūrah”, “Al Akoura”, “El ‘Āqūra”, “El Aaqoura”, “El Aaqoûra”, and “El Akoura”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laqlouq and Mghayreh.
Laqlouq
Village
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laqlouq, also spelled Laklouk and also known as ′Arab Laqlouq is a small mountainous village in mountainous area in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. Laqlouq is situated 3½ km northwest of Aqoura.
Mghayreh
Village
Mghayreh is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 82 kilometers north of Beirut. Mghayreh has an average elevation of 1,300 meters above sea level and a total land area of 263 hectares. Mghayreh is situated 4 km southwest of Aqoura.
Tannourine
Village
Photo: Canaïma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tannourine is a Lebanese town located in the Batroun District, part of the Governorate of North Lebanon, 80 km from the capital Beirut. Tannourine is formed by a cluster of mountain settlements located in the highs of the Batroun District, the largest of which is Tannourine El-Fawqa, followed by Chatine,Tannourine El-Tahta, and Wata Houb. Tannourine is situated 7 km north of Aqoura.
Aqoura
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon, municipality of Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.12118° or 34° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
35.90296° or 35° 54′ 11″ eastElevation
1,392 metres (4,567 feet)Open location code
8G6Q4WC3+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5230963141OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Aqoura” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العاقورة”
- Arabic: “عاقورة”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العاقوره”
- French: “Aakoura”
- French: “Aqoura” (historical)
- Irish: “Aqoura”
- Italian: “Akoura”
- Persian: “عاقوره”
- Russian: “Эль-Акура”
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