Ej Jouar
Ej Jouar is a locality in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Ej Jouar is situated nearby to the locality Haï er Raml, as well as near Mazraat es Siyyad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rafic Hariri University Hospital and Embassy of the Philippines.
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest Lebanese public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of Beirut. Rafic Hariri University Hospital is situated 3 km north of Ej Jouar.
Embassy of the Philippines
Government office
The Embassy of the Philippines in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Republic of Lebanon. Opened in 1996, it is currently located at the W Building on Rue Mar Geries in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadeth, part of the Baabda District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Embassy of the Philippines is situated 3½ km east of Ej Jouar.
Serail Baabda
Office building
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The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in Baabda, Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. Serail Baabda is situated 4 km east of Ej Jouar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahieh and Haret Hreik.
Dahieh
Suburb
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dahieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.
Haret Hreik
Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.
Choueifat
Village
Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of Beirut in Lebanon. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as Dahieh. Choueifat is situated 2½ km southeast of Ej Jouar.
Ej Jouar
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Juwar”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.83528° or 33° 50′ 7″ northLongitude
35.49889° or 35° 29′ 56″ eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
8G5QRFPX+4HGeoNames ID
6275280
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In Other Languages
“Ej Jouar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجور”
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