Hsoun

Place in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon

Hsoun الحصون
34°5′34″N 35°44′11″E / 34.09278°N 35.73639°E / 34.09278; 35.73639
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Byblos
Area
• Total	3.26 km² (1.26 sq mi)
Elevation	916 m (3,005 ft)

Hsoun (Arabic: الحصون, also spelled el-Houssoun) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 73 kilometers north of Beirut. Bejjeh has an average elevation of 916 meters above sea level and a total land area of 326 hectares. There were four companies with more than five employees operating in the village as of 2008.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics and Shia Muslims.^[2]

References

^ "Hsoun". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.