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Marjayoun or Jdeidet Marjayoun (: Lebanese pronunciation ), also '''Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow of springs") and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun''', is a municipality in the Marjeyoun District, Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.

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Place details

Locality
مرجعيون
Region
محافظة النبطية
Country
لبنان
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Beirut

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Air quality

64US AQIModerate
PM2.5
16.7 µg/m³
PM10
26.9 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Marjayoun
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
South Lebanese town Marj a'Youn (FL45807470).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Church in Marjayoun, 1977
Settlement.pushpin_map
Lebanon
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Lebanon
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nabatieh Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Marjayoun
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.population_total
7,000-10,000
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.population_blank2
Greek Orthodoxy Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas Maronite Catholicism Greek Catholicism Latin Catholicism Shia Islam Sunni Islam Druze
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Crusader period
  • Ottoman period
  • 20th–21st centuries
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Parliamentary representation
  • Hospital
  • Marjayoun Airfield
  • Notable people
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links
  • Photo galleries
  • Videos

Marjayoun or Jdeidet Marjayoun (: Lebanese pronunciation ), also '''Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow of springs") and Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun''', is a municipality in the Marjeyoun District, Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.

==History== ===Crusader period=== On 10 June 1179, during the Battle of Marj Ayyun, the Ayyubids defeated the Crusaders. The Crusader king narrowly escaped capture.

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