Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve
Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Chouf and Aley districts of Lebanon. It is located on the slopes of Jebel Baruk mountain and has an area of 550 km2, nearly 5.3% of the Lebanese territory, making it the largest natural reserve in Lebanon.Photo: Yhabbouche, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: nature reserve in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brih and Kefraya.
Brih
Village
Brih or Breeh is a village in the Chouf District in Mount Lebanon region, Lebanon. Brih is located 53 kilometres away from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Brih is situated 4½ km west of Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve.
Kefraya
Village
Kefraya is a village in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in the Republic of Lebanon, approximately 7 kilometres northwest of Joub Jannine. The village is home to a mixed population of Sunnis and Greek Catholics. Kefraya is situated 5 km southeast of Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve.
Bmahray
Village
Photo: Ghassan Mroue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bmahray, is a village in the Aley District in Lebanon. It lies 41 km south-East of Beirut at an altitude of 1,215 m above sea level. Bmahray is situated 6 km north of Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve.
Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve
- Categories: protected area and tourism
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.70527° or 33° 42′ 19″ northLongitude
35.70227° or 35° 42′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8G5QPP42+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 4486196292OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3457446
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Entrance to the Barouk Chouf Cedar Reserve” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محمية أرز الشوف الطبيعية”
- Arabic: “محمية أرز الشوف الكبيرة”
- Arabic: “محمية أرز الشوف”
- Chinese: “舒夫雪松自然保護區”
- Chinese: “舒夫雪鬆自然保護區”
- Danish: “Al shouf ceder naturreservat”
- Dutch: “Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve”
- Dutch: “Natuurreservaat Al Shouf Ceder”
- French: “Reserve naturelle du Chouf”
- French: “Réserve naturelle du Chouf”
- German: “Al Chouf Zedern-Nationalpark”
- German: “Al-Chouf-Zedern-Naturreservat”
- Hebrew: “ארז אל שוף”
- Hebrew: “שמורת הטבע ארזי השוף”
- Italian: “Riserva dei cedri dello Shuf”
- Italian: “Riserva dei cedri di Chouf”
- Italian: “Riserva naturale dei cedri dello Shuf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Shouf-seder naturreservat”
- Persian: “ذخیرهگاه طبیعی الشوف سدر”
- Russian: “Шуф (кедровый заповедник)”
- Russian: “Эш-Шуф”
- Slovenian: “Naravni rezervat cedre Al Shouf”
- Swedish: “Al Chouf Zedern-Nationalpark”
- Swedish: “Naturreservatet al Shouf”
- Ukrainian: “Природний кедровий заповідник Аль-Шуф”
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Highlights include Barouk Bus Station and Jabal El Barouk.
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