Yahchouch (Arabic: يحشوش) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 42 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 670 meters above sea level and its total land area is 636 hectares.[1] Yahchouch's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics and Christians from other denominations.[2]

Places of worship

The municipality has eight Maronite churches (St. Semaan, Wardieh, Saydet Ghoshraya, St. John, St. Takla, St. Therese, St. Bechara and Saydet Shouan) and several other Christian churches.

Families

The Lebanese surname "Yahchouchi" derives from this village. The prominent families of the village are Mouawad, Keyrouz, Zouein, Turk, Assaf, Souaid, Bedrane, Barakat, Atallah, Akil, Tawil, Ghanem, El Jorr, Yahchouchi and others.[citation needed]

Etymology

The origin of the word would come from the Aramaic Syriac and means "the injured god" because the Syriac god Tammuz (also called Adonis in Greek mythology) died in the Ibrahim river which crosses the village of Yahchouch.

Landmarks

Yahchouch is home to the Jabal Moussa reserve and to the Chouwen River.

References

  1. ^ "Yahchouch". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahchouch
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