Hrajel
حراجل
Municipality
Hrajel is located in Lebanon
Hrajel
Hrajel
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°0′54″N 35°47′41″E / 34.01500°N 35.79472°E / 34.01500; 35.79472
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Area
 • Total12.30 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Elevation
1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hrajel (Arabic: حراجل) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 42 kilometres (26 mi) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 1,320 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,230 hectares. Hrajel's inhabitants are Maronites.[2]

A hidden grotto can be found in Hrajel next to a river that feeds Nahr el Kalb. The grotto is rumored to be a far upward extension of the Jeita grotto but it is currently closed to the public. [1]

History

References

  1. 1 2 "Hrajel". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

Bibliography

  • Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
  • website: www.hrajel.com
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