Keserwan District

Keserwan District
District
قضاء كسروان
Jounieh Bay Jounieh Bay
Motto: The Christians' Castle"
Location in Lebanon
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital	Jounieh
Area
• Total	130 sq mi (336 km2)
Population
• Total	123,600
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)
Ethnicity = Syriacs 96% arabs and other minorities 4%

Keserwan (Qadaa' Keserwèn) (Arabic قضاء كسروان) Turkish (kesrvan) is a district (caza) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate (Arabic: محافظة جبل لبنان‎‎), Lebanon, to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital, Jounieh, is overwhelmingly Maronite Christian. The area is home to the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.

Origin of the name

The name of Keserwan is most probably that of a Persian clan named the Kesra, who were early Persian settlers of the region. Kesra (Arabicized version of Khosro) has always been a common Persian name. Keserwan is its plural form.

Other sources suggest the name was named in honor of the leader of the Maronites, Prince "Kosra", who won decisive battles against the Umayyad Caliphate invasion of Mount Lebanon in the early 8th century.

Cities, Towns, and Villages

• Adma
• Ain Al Rihaneh
• Ain El Delbeh
• Aintoura
• Ajaltoun
• Aramoun
• Ashqout
• Aazra
• Bkerké
• Ballouneh
• Batha
• Becharry
• Bezhel
• Bqaatouta (Bkaatouta)
• Bzoummar
• Chahtoul
• Daraya
• Daroun
• Dlebta
• Faitroun
• Faraya
• Ghazir
• Ghebaleh
• Ghineh
• Ghosta
• Jdaidet Ghazir
• Attine
• Harissa
• Hrajel
• Jeita
• Jounieh
• Jouret Bedran
• Jouret el Termos
• Jouret Mhad
• Jwar El Hous
• Kaslik
• Kfardebian
• Kfaryassine
• Kfour
• Kleiat
• Mayrouba
• Nammoura
• Okaibe
• Rayfoun
• Sahel Alma
• Safra
• Sahel Alma
• Sarba
• Sehaileh
• Tabarja
• Yahchouch
• Zouk Mikael
• Zouk Mosbeh