Daychounieh
Daychounieh
الديشونية | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Daychounieh Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′N 35°34′E / 33.850°N 35.567°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Matn District |
| Government | |
| • Time Zone | GMT +2 (UTC) |
| • - Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
| • Area Code(s) | (+961) 4 |
| • Postal code | 22415 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Daychounieh (Arabic: الديشونية translit. al-Dayšūniyat, also Al-Daychounieh) is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Daychounieh is administered by Mansourieh municipality.
Overview
[edit]Daychounieh native people are from Sakr, Khoury and Abou Khalil families.
Etymology
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2010) |
Geography
[edit]Daychounieh is 11 km to the Capital (Beirut), 26 km to the Province Administrative Center (Baabda) and 15 km to the Caza Administrative Center (Jdeideh).
Daychounieh is accessible from Mansourieh main road.
Beirut River flows east to west from Lebanon's mountains passing through Daychounieh to the Mediterranean Sea.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2009, Daychounieh houses a population of approx. 800, of which 98 constitute the electorate and 153 are native residents. The number of residences is approx. 250. [1]
References and footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Daychounieh E-Community". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Mansouriyeh - Mkalles - Daychouniyeh, Localiban
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