Bdadoun
Sign in to saveBdadoun () (also Bdadun, Bde‘doun, Bdādūn), is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. It is 499 meters above sea level and 15 kilometres from the capital Beirut. It is known as a summer holiday location.
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Key facts
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- Bdadoun
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- بدادون
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- 300px
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- St Mary (el Sayydeh)
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- Lebanon
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- 300
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- Location in Lebanon
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- Country
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- Governorate
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- Mount Lebanon Governorate
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- District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Lebanon
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Aley District
- Elevation
- +490
- Official website
- www.localiban.org/article4101.html
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Bdadoun () (also Bdadun, Bde‘doun, Bdādūn), is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. It is 499 meters above sea level and 15 kilometres from the capital Beirut. It is known as a summer holiday location.
==Etymology== The name Bdadoun derives from the Phoenician noun Bd-Adoun (بِد-اَدون ) or "House of Adoun", the Canaanite god of the sun Adoun or Adonis, also known as Tammuz.