Amioun

Amioun
أميون
City
Map showing the location of Amioun within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Amioun within Lebanon
Amioun
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°18′0″N 35°48′0″E / 34.30000°N 35.80000°E / 34.30000; 35.80000
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictKoura District
Founded byPhoenicians
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorMalek Fares
Area
 • Total11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
 along the "Cedars' way"
Highest elevation
330 m (1,080 ft)
Lowest elevation
298 m (978 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total10,658[1]
 • Religion
99.5% Eastern Orthodox
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961 6
Websitehttp://www.amioun.org

Amioun (Arabic: أميون, romanizedAmyūn; Greek: Αμιούν) is the capital of the predominantly Greek Orthodox Koura District (i.e. χώρα, "country" in Greek) in North Lebanon.[2]

  1. ^ Amioun. baldati.com
  2. ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 29 October 2016.