El Ain, Beqaa, Lebanon

El Ain
العين
El Ain is located in Lebanon
El Ain
El Ain
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°13′41″N 36°22′19″E / 34.228°N 36.372°E / 34.228; 36.372
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel
DistrictBaalbek
Elevation
3,000 ft (1,000 m)
Population
 • Total30,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

El Ain (Arabic: العين), Al Ain, or Ain is a village at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is famous for agriculture and trade, located on the highway connecting Syrian borders and the Hermel area with Chtaura and Beirut.

Its name, Ain, refers to the old water source in it.[citation needed]