Harissa–Daraoun
حريصا–درعون | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Skyline of Harissa, 2010 | |
  Harissa–Daraoun Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°58′52″N 35°39′05″E / 33.98111°N 35.65139°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| District | Keserwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Harissa-Daraoun (Arabic: حريصا–درعون) is a municipality that consists of two villages, Harissa and Daraoun, in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The municipality mayor from 2016 until 2022 is Mr. Nizar Chemaly. The municipality is located 27 km north of Beirut.[1] Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 435 hectares.[1] Harissa is accessible from the coastal city of Jounieh either by road or by a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the Téléphérique. Harissa is home to an important Lebanese pilgrimage site, Our Lady of Lebanon.[2] It attracts both pilgrims and tourists who want to enjoy views of the bay of Jounieh.
Daraoun contains three schools, one public and two private, that enrolled a total of 457 students as of 2008, while Harissa had one private school with 242 students during that same time period. There were eight companies with over five employees operating in Daraoun as of 2008, and two companies with over five employees in Harissa during that same period.[1] Daraoun's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics, while Harissa has a mixed population of Melkite and Maronite Catholics.[3]
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- ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.