Bzoummar
بزمار | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 35°40′40″E / 33.98722°N 35.67778°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
District | Keserwan |
Highest elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 9 |
Bzoummar (Arabic: بزمار; also spelled Bzommar or Bzemmar) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is 36 km (22 mi) northeast of Beirut, and has an elevation ranging between 920 and 950 m (3,020 and 3,120 ft) above sea level. Bzoummar's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite and Armenian Catholics.[1] Bzoummar is home to a monastery of the Armenian Catholic Church that was built in 1749, where the image of Our Lady of Bzommar is venerated.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Bzoummar, localiban