Keserwan Destrict
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Keserwan (Qadaa' Keserwèn) (Arabic قضاء كسروان) is a destrict (qadaa) in the Munt Lebanon Govrenorate (Arabic: محافظة جبل لبنان), Lebanon, tae the northeast o the Lebanon's caipital Beirut. The caipital is Jounieh.
Oreegin o the name
The name "Keserwan" (an aa spelled "Kesrouane" bi francophones an "Kesrouan" bi some anglophones) comes frae the Arabic wird "kesrah" (Arabic كسره) which means a little piece (as in a little piece o a crunchy or dried breid or a little piece o a braken rock) or the Arabic wird "kasar" (Arabic كسر) which means tae brak.
Ither historical soorces suggest the name wis named in honour o the leader o the Maronites in "Kosra", who wan decisive battles against the Umayyad Caliphate invasion o Munt Lebanon in the early 8t century.
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Ceeties, Touns, an Veelages
- Adma
- Ain Al Rihaneh
- Aintoura
- Ajaltoun
- Ashqout
- Aazra
- Bkerké
- Ballouneh
- Batha
- Becharry
- Bzoummar
- Chahtoul
- Daraya
- Daroun
- Dlebta
- Faitroun
- Nammoura
- Faraya
- Ghazir
- Ghebaleh
- Ghineh
- Ghosta
- Harissa
- Hrajel
- Jeita
- Jounieh
- Jouret Bedran
- Jouret el Termos
- Jwar El Hous
- Kaslik
- Kfardebian
- Kfaryassine
- Kleiat
- Mayrouba
- Rayfoun
- Safra
- Sehaileh
- Tabarja
- Yahchouch
- Zouk Mikael
- Zouk Mosbeh
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