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Towns where not having municipalities - Anan

Origin of the name: Latin ANONA and it means tax and outlying areas or Syriac which has the same meaning or Aramaic meaning crying and wailing.
Above sea level: 620m
Distance from Beirut: 63Km
Population: 1200
Number of voters: 400
Places of worship: St Georges and St Barbara founded in 1962
Water resources: In the 1960s, the Lebanese government accomplished the project “Litany” and dug a tunnel to drag water from the Litany river Markaba lake to the Anan town having a 16Km length, passing under Niha mountain and created 2 openings in Wadi Jezzin and Azour and a lake in Ana to collect the water; linked by giant steel pipes through the town of Kattala to nourish 3 electric plants. In addition, a lake underneath was made to collect water again and pour it into the Charles El Helou plant. The Anan lake irrigates the ‘Leb3a model project’.
Its products: Olives, vine and vegetables.
Famous for: ruins of a monastery and a Byzantine church backing to 551 AD and ruins that its people believe belong to the king of France Louis the 14th.

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