Aghmeed, also spelled Aghmide ( ar, أغميد), is a village located about 37 km from
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, in the governorate of
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at .
Geography
The Mount Le ...
, in the
Aley District. One can reach Aghmeed through Mdairej Road, Ain Dara and Al Azzounieh. Aghmeed is at an altitude of 1,200 m, close to Mount
Barouk
Barouk ( ar, باروك) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists ...
, which is famous for its
cedar forest.
Other villages surrounding Aghmeed are :
Al Azzounieh
Al-Azzounieh is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from W ...
,
Ain Dara,
Sharoun,
Bmahray
Bmahray ( ar, بمهريه), is a village in the Aley District in Lebanon. It lies 41 km south-East of Beirut at an altitude of 1215m above sea level.
Demography
Bmahray's residents are Maronite, Druze and Greek Catholic communities. The 2010 ...
,
Alramlieh,
Al Mreijat,
Nabaa Al Safa
Nabaa Al Safa ( ar, نبع الصفا), is a village in Chouf District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a ...
and Ain Zhalta.
Populated places in Aley District
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