Dekwaneh

Dekwaneh is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian.

Type: Town
Description: human settlement in Lebanon
Also known as: “الدكوانة”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Sursock Museum.

National Museum of Beirut

Museum

Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. National Museum of Beirut is situated 3 km west of Dekwaneh.

Sursock Museum

Museum

Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.

The Sursock Museum, officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon. Sursock Museum is situated 3 km northwest of Dekwaneh.

Saint Joseph University of Beirut

University

Photo: Eddy.dossantos2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint Joseph University of Beirut is a private Catholic research university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. Saint Joseph University of Beirut is situated 3½ km west of Dekwaneh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sin el Fil and Bourj Hammoud.

Sin el Fil

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Sin el Fil is a suburb east of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.

Bourj Hammoud

Town

Photo: Serouj, Public domain.

Bourj Hammoud is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.

Deir Mar Roukoz

Village

Mar Roukouz or Mar Roukoz is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.

Dekwaneh

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.88041° or 33° 52′ 50″ north

Longitude

35.54664° or 35° 32′ 48″ east

Elevation

25 metres (82 feet)

United Nations Location Code

LB DEK

Open location code

8G5QVGJW+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4893558237

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

12195600

Wikidata ID

Q5252841

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Satellite Map

Discover Dekwaneh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dekwaneh” goes by many names.

Arabic: “دكوانة”
Dutch: “Dekwaneh”
Egyptian Arabic: “دكوانه”
French: “Dekouané”
German: “Dekwaneh”
Irish: “Dekwaneh”
Japanese: “デクワネー”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dekwaneh”
Persian: “دكوانة”
Persian: “دکوانه”
Scots: “Dekwaneh”
Urdu: “دکوانہ”

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Notable Places Nearby

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