Marjayoun
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Marjayoun (Arabic مرج عيون, also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun - meaning "meadow of springs") is a Lebanese town and administrative district, Marjeyoun_District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel (Jabal Amel) to the West, the summits of Rihan and Niha and the rest of the Mount Lebanon range to the North and the fertile plains of Marjeyoun that extend southward into the Galilee plains and the Golan Heights.
The town of Marjayoun has a mixed population - Greek Orthodox, Maronite and Catholic Christians, as well as Druze and some Muslims. However the majority is Christian, thus Marjayoun is considered by most as a Christian town; most of the villages in the mountains surrounding it are predominantly Muslim.
During the Lebanese civil war the town was shelled by Palestinian militias.
It also was the headquarters of the of the South Lebanon Army, the Israel-affiliated militia that controlled southern Lebanon during Israel's occupation of the region after the 1982 Lebanon War until Israel's withdrawal from the region in 2000.[1] It has a population of about 3,000 people.
After cease-fire negotiations stalled on August 10, 2006, Israeli forces took control of Marjayoun.[2] Next day, a convoy of 3,000 people fled from the town. The convoy was attacked by an Israeli air-strike at Joub Jannine.
James Jabara, an American pilot and hero of the Korean War, was born to a family of Lebanese Americans originating from Marjayoun.
Dr. Walid Gholmieh who is the director of the Le Conservatoire libanais national supérieur de musique was born in Marjeyoun.
[edit] Photos of Marjeyoun
Marjeyoum Photo Album
Baladiyat Marjeyoun photo gallery
A view of Marjeyoun by satellite
[edit] External links
The Official Marjeyoun Municipality
www.marjeyoun.net
Information about Marjayoun, Lebanon
[edit] Reference
- ^ Hirst, David. 1999. South Lebanon: The war that never ends? Journal of Palestine Studies 28(3).
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/10/mideast.main/index.html
