Cornet Chahwan

Cornet Chahwan قرنة شهوان
Village
The Church of Sts. Peter & Paul
Cornet Chahwan Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°55′N 35°40′E / 33.92°N 35.67°E / 33.92; 35.67Coordinates: 33°55′N 35°40′E / 33.92°N 35.67°E / 33.92; 35.67
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
District	Matn District
Elevation	950 m (3,120 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961

Cornet Chahwan (Arabic: قرنة شهوان‎, also spelled Kornet Chehwan) is a sizable town in the Mount Lebanon area of Lebanon's Metn District. Cornet Chahwan, houses the headquarters for the chab (www.chab.gov.lb) municipalities of 4 villages (including Cornet Chahwan) namely Ain Aar, Beit El Kikko and Hbous. The total area governed by chab municipalities is around 5 million square meters of land, out of which over 30% is covered by green spaces. The town remains one of the best tourism attraction in lebannon.

Demography

There are over 6,000 households and 30,000 inhabitants in the chab Municipalities that are Lebanese and most are followers of the Catholic Church. The town is the seat of the Maronite Archbishopric of Matn. The town has numerous churches, including the historic Saint Peter & Paul Church.

Education

Cornet Chahwan is home to numerous private educational institutes, including one of Lebanon's most prestigious and highly ranked private schools, Saint Joseph school, a trilingual institute founded in 1884, and Saint Coeur which is a semi private school. In addition to a public school called Sacre Coeur.^[1]

Culture

The town is home to the Pharès Zoghbi Cultural Foundation, which is a library of 65,000 books in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic.^[2]

The town is also home to a state of the art theater called SJS theater at Saint Joseph School in addition to a city hall brand new facility next to St Peter & Paul's church.

Humanitarian Institutions

St Vincent de Paul, a charitable institution, is located in Cornet Chahwan.^[3] The Lebanese Red Cross also has a first-aid center in the town. In addition to a fire department covering a vast areas of the El Metn district.

References

↑ "SJS". SJS. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
↑ Paulo Coelho (2007-07-30). "The Brazilian who established a library in Lebanon by Marina Sarruf*". Paulo Coelho's Blog. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
↑ Lebanon (2011-04-07). "Countries". EMRO. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

External links

Matn District, Mount Lebanon Governorate

Capital: Jdeideh

Towns and villages	Ain Aar Ain el Safssaf Ain el Sendianeh Ain Saadeh Aintoura Amaret Chalhoub Antelias Aoukar Al-Ayroun Baabdat Baskinta Bauchrieh Beit Chabab Beit el Chaar Beit el Kekko Beit Mery Bhersaf Biakout Bikfaya Bkenneya Bourj Hammoud Broummana Bsalim Bteghrine Chaouiyeh Choueir Daher al Hosein Dahr el Sawan Daychounieh Dbayeh Dekwaneh Dik El Mehdi Dhour El Choueir Dora Douar Fanar Ghabeh Ghabet Bologna Hadirah Haret al Ballaneh Hbous Jal el Dib Jdeideh Jouar Jouret el Ballout Kaakour Kfarakab Kfartay Khenchara Majdel Tarchich Majzoub Mansourieh Mar Chaaya Mar Michael Bnabil Mar Moussa Mar Roukouz Marjaba Mazraat Yachouh Mchikha Mezher Mhaydseh Mkalles Mrouj Mtaileb Mtein Mzekkeh Nabay Naccache Ouyoun Qonaytrah Qonnabat Broummana Qornet Shehwan Rabweh Rabieh Roumieh Sakiyat al Mesek Sed el Bauchrieh Sin el Fil Sfaileh Wata el Mrouj Zalka Zarooun Zekrite Zouk al Khrab

Notable landmarks	Mount Sannine

Notable touristic sites	Aqueduct of Zubaida Deir el Qalaa

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