Chouf District
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Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in
Arabic: جبل الشوف Jabal ash-Shouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon
.
Geography
Located south-east of
Cedars of Lebanon
is found. The mountains are high enough to receive snow.
History
Prophet Job shrine in Niha village, Chouf, Lebanon[1]
Druzes and the Christians in the Shuf Mountains lived in complete harmony.[2]
The Emirs of Lebanon used to have their residence in Chouf, most notably Druze Emir
Deir al Qamar
(the monastery of the Moon).
The relationship between the
Catholics and the Druze founded modern Lebanon in the early eighteenth century, through the ruling and social system known as the "Maronite-Druze dualism" in Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate.[3]
Chouf is the heartland of the
Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
made a historic visit to the Chouf and met with the Druze and Chouf leader, Walid Jumblatt.
On 28 February 1989 an Israeli air-strike on the Chouf killed three school children and damaged their school. Twenty-two others were wounded. It was the third IAF attack on Lebanon since the beginning of the year.[6]
The Chouf is one of the best-preserved Lebanese districts, and its nature has been generally spared from the intense building of neighboring
Kesrouan
.
Demographics
Despite the historical feuds between
Druze, the Chouf district is still one of the most religiously diverse regions in Lebanon. Currently, the region hosts equal proportions of Druze, Sunni Muslims, and Christians (Maronite and Greek Catholic) populations. The Druze and Sunnis each make up around 32% and 30% of the population, respectively; and the remaining 36% is Christian.[7]
Notable cities and towns
- Ainbal
- Ain Zhalta
- Ammatour
- Aanouth
- Baadarâne
- Baakline
- Barja
- Barouk
- Beitedine
- Bourjain
- Brih
- Bsaba
- Chhime
- Dahr El Maghara
- Damour
- Daraya
- Deir el Qamar
- Dibbiyeh
- Gharife
- Haret Jandal
- Fouara
- Jahlieh
- Jdaideh
- Jiyyeh
- Joun
- Kahlouniye
- Kfarfakoud
- Moukhtara
- Na'ameh
- Niha Chouf
- Rmeileh
- Serjbel
- Shheem
- Zaarourieh
See also
- Iqlim al-Kharrub, historical region located in the Chouf District
References
- ISBN 9781440833328.
- ^ ISBN 9781317931737.
the Druze had been able to live in harmony with the Christian
- ISBN 9780817916664.
the Maronites and the Druze, who founded Lebanon in the early eighteenth century.
- ^ Middle East International No 343, 3 February 1989, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.3,4
- ^ Middle East International No 346, 17 March 1989, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.6,7
- ^ Middle East International No 346, 17 March 1989, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.6,7; also p.8 Fourteen days in brief
- ^ دائرة جبل لبنان الرابعة الشوف ، عاليه [Mount Lebanon, Fourth Department: Chouf–Aley] (PDF). Lebanese Forces (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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