Hasroun

Hasroun (also Hasrun or Hasroon, Arabic: حصرون ) is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.

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Hasroun

حصرون
City
Hasroun
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°14′31″N 35°58′46″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Governorate
DistrictBsharri District
Elevation
1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Highest elevation
1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,450 m (4,760 ft)
Population
 • Total12,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961
Hasroun, center of the village

It owes its nickname of the Rose of Mount Lebanon to its predominantly red-tiled roof houses. The population is Maronite Catholic.

Hasroun gave the Maronite Church two Patriarchs, Patriarch Jacob Aouad (1705-1733) and Patriarch Simon Aouad (1743-1756). From Hasroun came also the noted family of orientalists, the Assemani, among them the famous Giuseppe Simone Assemani, author of Bibliotheca Orientalis and Ephraemi Syri opera omnia quae extant.

Twin Towns


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