Bzoummar
Bzoummar
بزمار | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 35°40′40″E / 33.98722°N 35.67778°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
District | Keserwan |
Highest elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 9 |
Bzoummar (Arabic: بزمار; also spelled Bzommar or Bzemmar) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is 36 km northeast of Beirut, and has an elevation ranging between 920m and 950m above sea level. Bzoummar's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite and Armenian Catholics.[1] Bzoummar is home to a monastery of the Armenian Catholic Church that was built in 1749, where the image of Our Lady of Bzommar is venerated.
References
- ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.