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Yanouh (other)
Yanouh may refer to: * Yanouh, Byblos, a historic Lebanese village in the district of Byblos * Yanouh, Tyre, a Lebanese village in the southern district of Tyre * Yanuh-Jat, a congregation of two villages Yanuh and Jat in the north district of Israel {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanouh, Byblos
* Yanouh () is a village and municipality in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 94 kilometers north of Beirut. Yanouh's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics. Its average elevation is 1,120 meters above sea level and its total land area is 147 hectares. Yanouh stands on the slopes of Joubbat El Mnaitra, five miles east of Qartaba, on the right bank high up in the ravine carved out by the Adonis River, now known as Nahr Ibrahim. Yanouh, once a Phoenician center, is half-way between Byblos and Heliopolis (Baalbek), around 20 km as the crow flies from the Mediterranean Sea. Yanouh is known for its 2nd century CE Roman temple, its Byzantine basilica and medieval chapel. In 750 AD, at the time of the fifth Maronite patriarch, John Maron II, then installed in Yanouh, the Roman temple was converted into a church consecrated to Saint George. Between 750 and 1277, twenty-three successors of Patriarch John Maroun resided there; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanouh, Tyre
Yanouh () is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. Etymology According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Yânûh'' is one of two possible "Yanoah of the Bible". History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Yanuh'': "A village built of stone, containing 150 Metawileh, on a hill-top, surrounded by figs, olives, and pomegranates, and arable land. A spring and cisterns are found here." Demographics In 2014, Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ... made up 99.28% of registered voters in Yanouh. 98.66% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. References Bibliography * * External linksYanouh (Sour) (archive.org) Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1 IAA [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |