Yammoune

Yammoune
Yammouneh, El Yammoûné
Village
The Naba al-Arbain spring of Yammoune
The Naba al-Arbain spring of Yammoune
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel
DistrictBaalbek
Elevation
5,300 ft (1,600 m)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total7,000 of the Chreif family عشيرة آل شريف
Yammoune
Yammoune is located in Lebanon
Yammoune
Shown within Lebanon
Location25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Baalbek
RegionBaalbek
Coordinates34°08′00″N 36°01′00″E / 34.133333°N 36.016667°E / 34.133333; 36.016667
History
CulturesRoman, Ancient Greece, Phoenicia
Site notes
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Yammoune is a lake, nature reserve, village and municipality situated 27 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of Baalbek in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. The village has a few hundred inhabitants.[1][2]

  1. ^ Robert Boulanger (1955). Lebanon. Hachette. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nashrat al-Āthār wa-al-ʻImārah al-Lubnānīyah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).