Horch Bou Saqr

Horch Bou Saqr is a forest in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Horch Bou Saqr is situated nearby to the locality Hay el Kharroubé, as well as near the village Bdadoun.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silk Museum and Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour.

Silk Museum

Museum

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Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut.

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour

School

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour often known colloquially as Jamhour, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is situated 2½ km north of Horch Bou Saqr.

The Hope for Peace Monument is a monument in Yarze, Lebanon, made to celebrate the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. It was designed by the French-born American artist Armand Fernandez. Hope for Peace is situated 3½ km northwest of Horch Bou Saqr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bdadoun and Houmal.

Bdadoun

Village

Photo: Joehawayek, Public domain.

Bdadoun, is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000.

Houmal

Village

Houmal is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the district of Aley. It is 400 meters above sea level and 25 kilometres from the capital Beirut.

Kfarshima

Town

Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Kfarshima is situated 3½ km west of Horch Bou Saqr.

Horch Bou Saqr

Type: Forest
Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.81° or 33° 48′ 36″ north

Longitude

35.57333° or 35° 34′ 24″ east

Elevation

372 metres (1,220 feet)

Open location code

8G5QRH6F+28

GeoNames ID

6273814

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Localities in the Area

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