Bzoummar

Bzoummar بزمار
Village
Bzoummar Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 35°40′40″E / 33.98722°N 35.67778°E / 33.98722; 35.67778Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 35°40′40″E / 33.98722°N 35.67778°E / 33.98722; 35.67778
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Keserwan
Highest elevation	950 m (3,120 ft)
Lowest elevation	920 m (3,020 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961 9

Bzoummar (Arabic: بزمار‎‎; also spelled Bzommar or Bzemmar) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is 36 km northeast of Beirut, and has an elevation ranging between 920m and 950m above sea level. Bzoummar's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite and Armenian Catholics.^[1] Bzoummar is home to a convent of the Armenian Catholic Church that was built in 1749, where the image of Our Lady of Bzommar is worshipped.

References

↑ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

Keserwan District, Mount Lebanon Governorate

Capital: Jounieh

Towns and villages	Adma wa Dafneh Ain el-Rihaneh Aintoura Ajaltoun Aramoun Ashqout Azra Ballouneh Batha Bkerké Bzoummar Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad Daraya Dlebta Faitroun Faraya Ghazir Ghbaleh Ghineh Ghosta Harissa-Daraoun Hrajel Jeita Jouret Bedran Jouret el-Termos Kaslik Kfar Dibiane Kfar Yassine Qleiat Mayrouba Rayfoun Safra Sehaileh Tabarja Yahchouch Zouk Mikael Zouk Mosbeh

Notable landmarks	Our Lady of Lebanon Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb Jeita Grotto Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve

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