Hasroun (also Hasrun or Hasroon,

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: حصرون ) is a village located in the

Bsharri District Bsharri District (often spelled Bsharre, Bcharre or Bcharreh) is one of the 7 districts (''qadaa, قضاء'') of the North Governorate, Lebanon. Overview and geography Surrounded by mountains, the Bsharri District sits on cliffs. The district is ...

in the

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. It is situated in the Valley of

Qadisha Kadisha Valley (), also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (), is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley was carved by the Kadi ...

, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley. It owes its nickname of the ''Rose of Mount Lebanon'' to its predominantly red-tiled roof houses. The population is

Maronite Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...

Catholic. Hasroun gave the

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two

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s, Patriarch Jacob Aouad (1705-1733) and Patriarch Simon Aouad (1743-1756). From Hasroun came also the noted family of orientalists, the Assemani, among them the famous

Giuseppe Simone Assemani Giuseppe Simone Assemani ( Classical Syriac : ܝܵܘܣܸܦ ܒܲܪ ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ , ( ''Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani'', , ; July 27, 1687 – January 13, 1768) was a librarian, Lebanese Maronite orientalist, and Catholic bishop. For his efforts, an ...

, author of ''Bibliotheca Orientalis'' and ''Ephraemi Syri opera omnia quae extant''.

Demographics

In 2014

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made up 99.05% of registered voters in Hasroun. 93.89% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.

Twin Towns

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References

External links

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Hasroun website

Hasroun website
Populated places in Bsharri District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon {{lebanon-geo-stub