Aarjes

Aarjes عرجس
Aarjes Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°19′51″N 35°52′53″E / 34.33083°N 35.88139°E / 34.33083; 35.88139Coordinates: 34°19′51″N 35°52′53″E / 34.33083°N 35.88139°E / 34.33083; 35.88139
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	North Governorate
District	Zgharta District
Elevation	950 ft (290 m)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)

Aarjes (also Arjis, 'Arjess, Arabic: عرجس‎‎) is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.^[1] Its population is Maronite Catholic.^[2]

References

↑ Aarjes, Localiban
↑ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

Zgharta District, North Governorate

Capital: Zgharta

Towns and villages	Aarjes Aintourine Aitou Alma Arbet Kozhaya Ardeh Ashashe Aslout Asnoun Basloukit Bchennine Beit Awkar Beit Obeid Besbeel Bhairet Toula Bnachii Bousit Daraya Ehden Ejbeh Fraydiss Haret Al Fawar Harf Ardeh Harf Miziara Hawqa Hilan Houmeiss Iaal Jdaydeh Kadrieh Karahbache Karmsaddeh Kfardlakos Kfarfou Kfarhawra Kfarsghab Kfarshakhna Kfarhata Kfaryachit Kfarzeina Khaldieh Mazraat Al Nahr Mazraat Al Toufah Mazraat Hraikis Mejdlaya Miriata Miziara Sakhra Morh Kfarsghab Rachiine Raskifa Sebhel Sereel Toula Zgharta

Notable landmarks	Kadisha Valley Monastery of Qozhaya Mar Sarkis, Ehden Iaal Fortress

History	History of Kfarsghab

Notable people	Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy Youssef Bey Karam Suleiman Frangieh René Moawad Anis Bey Moawad Hamid Frangieh Youssef Salim Karam Rvd. Seemaan El Douaihy Nayla Moawad Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. Salim Bey Karam Estephan El Douaihy Tony Frangieh Youakim Moubarac Michael Deeb Jr.

Society	Youssef Bey Karam Foundation

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