Daraoun (Arabic: درعون) is a village, part of Harissa-Daraoun municipality, located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon.[1]

Daraoun
درعون
Village
Maronite Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Maronite Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Daraoun is located in Lebanon
Daraoun
Daraoun
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′37″N 35°39′31″E / 33.97694°N 35.65861°E / 33.97694; 35.65861
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

History

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Ottoman tax records indicate Daraoun had seven Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1523, sixteen Muslim households and one imam in 1530, and ten Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1543.[2] Sons or descendants of Abu Nawfal, the 17th-century head of the Khazen family, settled to some extent in Daraoun.[3]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Der'an as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Daraoun - Harissa". Localiban. Localiban. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  2. ^ Bakhit 1972, p. 275.
  3. ^ van Leeuwen 1994, p. 84.
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193

Bibliography

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