Jeddayel ( ar, جدايل; also spelled ''Geddayel'' or ''Jadayel'') is a town in the

Byblos District Byblos District ( ar, قضاء جبيل; transliteration: ''Qadaa' Jbeil''), also called the Jbeil District (''Jbeil'' is Lebanese Arabic for "Byblos"; standard Arabic ''Jubail''), is a district (''qadaa'') of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Leb ...

of the

Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate Keserwan-Jbeil ( ar, كسروان - جبيل) is the most recently created governorate of Lebanon. It consists of the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan. Keserwan-Jbeil covers an area of and is bounded by the North Governorate to the north, the Baa ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. It is located 4 km north of

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8 ...

. Its inhabitants are predominantly

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and

Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the largest ...

Christians. Its population is about 1,500.

Demographics

Jeddayel is located in a predominantly Christian

area know locally as “Qornet Al Rom”, containing seven Christian

towns: Mounsef, AlRihani, Jeddayel,

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, Chikhane, Gharzouz, and

Hosrayel Hosrayel ( ar, حصرايل, also spelled ''Hisrail'' or ''Hasrayel'') is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 44 kilometers north of Beirut. Hosrayel has an average elevation of 220 meters above sea ...

Churches

There exist three churches in Jeddayel, because the martyr Dometius of Persia is the

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of a large part of the population. Two churches, a

and another

, are named 'Mar Doumit'. The third church is in honour of ''

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''.

Events and festivals

'Mar Doumit feast day', and 'Summer goodbye' are yearly feasted in Jeddayel. Both events end by an open village dinner. Also,

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is widely celebrated in Jeddayel through Christmas decorations, special theater shows, and Papa Noël who makes personal appearances. Christmas show in Jeddayel

Municipality

There was no

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in Jeddayel before 2016. In January 2016 town's residents called all concerned to take the appropriate measures to improve the security in the town. Accordingly Mr Nader Abi Shadid and several others worked to establish a Municipality in Jeddayel to prevent and curb suspicious activities. In May 2016 town's resident elected Dr. Boutros Boulos as the first town mayor. See

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Geography

The town is located on a hill overlooking the

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. Its area is 2 km². It is surrounded by plantations of carobs,

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trees, and various vegetable crops. Thus several carob presses and olive

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s are located within the village.

Climate

Jeddayel has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

. The prevailing wind comes from the West-Southwest causes a maritime gateway and occasionally the advent of cloud cover. At night, land breeze rushes Wadi Jeddayel and brings to the region a relatively cold and slightly damp weather.

Climate

Jeddayel has a

Hot-summer mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

(Csa).

References

{{Byblos District Populated places in Byblos District Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon Christian cities in Lebanon

Demographics

Churches

Events and festivals

Municipality

Geography

Climate

Climate

See also

References