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Bdadoun بدادون | |
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  Bdadoun Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°48′36″N35°33′40″E / 33.81000°N 35.56111°E /33.81000; 35.56111 | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Aley District |
| Elevation | 1,610 ft (490 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Bdadoun (Arabic:بدادون) (also Bdadun, Bde‘doun, Bdādūn), is a town inMount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in theLebanese district ofAley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. It is 499 meters above sea level and 15 kilometres from the capitalBeirut. It is known as a summer holiday location.
The name Bdadoun derives from thePhoenician nounBd-Adoun (بِد-اَدون ) or "House of Adoun", theCanaanite god of the sun Adoun orAdonis, also known asTammuz.
In the year 1144, fighting erupted between the Christians in the NorthLebanon regions ofJbeil andKeserwan districts. The kingBarquq (الملك الظاهر برقوق) took the opportunity and ordered an invasion of that Christian dominated area. The result was an outflow of people that settled in theChouf District. This region (especially the areas surrounding Beirut) was ruled by theTanukhids (التنوخيّون). The Tanukhs (also called Buhturs) where theDruze hereditary lords of the Gharb (area surrounding Beirut). The Buhturs were replaced by the Ma'ans when the Ottomans conquered in the early 16th century. The area surrounding Bdadoun remained underautonomous Ottoman rule until the end ofWorld War I.
The first settlers of Bdadoun came from the North Lebanon Maronite families as peasants. They found an uninviting land made of mostly rocky landscape strewn with oaks, wild figs, vines and some olive trees. Local dwellers built stoneterraces planted fruit trees such as apricot, almonds, pear, apple, pomegranates, and plum trees. It is the latter, that Bdadoun is mostly known forplums (Turkish:Erik orCan Erik;Arabic:البَرقوق,romanized: al-barqūq) and holds an annual harvest festival in May. This plum is believed to be a close relative of theGreengage.
This is not to be mistaken with the Chinese Plum orLoquat which is also grown in Bdadoun and called Akkidinya or Akkadeneh. (Arabic: اككي دني. Turkish: yeni dunya, yedi dunya)
TheChristian Maronite parish of Bdadoun is part of theBeirut diocese and has four churches:[1]
Bdadoun has an area of 143 hectares.
It is 352 meters[2] to 550 meters[3] above sea level and 15 km fromBeirut.
Latitude 33.8100 Longitude 35.5611
Lat (DMS) 33° 48' 36N Long (DMS) 35° 33' 40E
Time zone (est) UTC+2(+3DT)
Bdadoun's bordering towns are Blaybel, Houmal, Wadi Chahrour, Aaytat,Bsous and Qmatiyeh.[4]Kahale andKfarshima are close by.
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