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Rechmaya (), is a village in the Aley District of Lebanon. Bechara El Khoury, Lebanon's first president after independence, was born in Rechmaya on August 10, 1890. The town is located in a mountainous area.

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Locality
عين تراز
Region
محافظة جبل لبنان
Country
لبنان
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Lebanon
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Aley District
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Rechmaya (), is a village in the Aley District of Lebanon. Bechara El Khoury, Lebanon's first president after independence, was born in Rechmaya on August 10, 1890. The town is located in a mountainous area.

== Etymology == The name Rechmaya is from Aramaic "Resh Mayya" which means "waterhead."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reshmaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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