Origin of the name: In Syriac and it means a place having dense trees
Above sea level: 592m
Distance from Beirut: 96Km
Population: 500
Number of voters: 350
Famous for: woodlands of pine and oak, and having “Tallit El Bacha” which was named so because Ahmad Kojok Bacha placed his cannons on it when he attacked the grotto of Fakhr El Din.