Matn (Arabic:قضاء المتن, Qaḍāʾ al-Matn), sometimes spelled Metn, is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is Jdeideh (followed to Jdeideh, Bouchrieh, El Sedd Municipality).
Matn is one of the most popular areas in Lebanon, with its rich scenery and its splendid view of the Mediterranean. Matn's population is almost entirely Christian with some Druze and Shias in the region.
The Matn district is also popularly known as Northern Matn District (Arabic:قضاء المتن الشماليQaḍāʾ al-Matn aš-Šimālī) not to be confused with Southern Matn (Arabic:المتن الجنوبيal-Matn al-Janūbī) which is part of Baabda District and with Uppermost Matn (Arabic:المتن الأعلىal-Matn al-ʾAʿlā) which is part of Aley District.
The first is historical ... Many of its members were rough mountain people from the northern district of Besharri. They were not very palatable and were seen as bullies by the inhabitants of the central districts of the Byblos, the Matn and Kesrawan ... X ... .
After more than two years of political vacuum, the Lebanese parliament on Thursday elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president ... 31, 2022 ... Aoun was born on Jan. 10, 1964, in the Sin El-Fil area of the Matn district in eastern Lebanon ... 27.
He warned that the ongoing war would have catastrophic results for Lebanon. ... His remarks were made during the annual dinner of the Matn District Coordinators of the Lebanese Forces party, held at the party's headquarters in Maarab ... . .
He warned that the ongoing war would have catastrophic results for Lebanon. ... His remarks were made during the annual dinner of the Matn District Coordinators of the Lebanese Forces party, held at the party's headquarters in Maarab ... . .
In the last week of Lent, I met a group of wine-making Maronite monks at the St Moussa monastery in the Upper Matn district of Mount Lebanon who have made it their mission to thwart any exodus by ...
Report by Petra Abou Haydar, Englishadaptation by Karine Keuchkerian ... The initiative will start in the northern Matn district as a pilot phase and will later extend to all districts ... . .
Roumieh’s drug networks have been an ongoing and pervasive challenge for Lebanon... Lebanon’s largest prison is located in Roumieh, Matn District, east of Beirut, and usually houses about 5,500 inmates ... From Medicine to Addiction ... ... Gang Networks ... ....
About 2,300 ft. above Beirut in the Matn District mountains, Roger Mazloum and his brother Elias greet me on an unusually balmy winter day as they chop wood to help keep their early 20th centuryhome warm before the cold returns ... From left ... dollar ... 14 ... .
In April this year, curfew was again imposed in the twin cities of Achalpur and Paratwada in the district in the wake of a clash that broke out after BJP city president Abhay Matne, 43, and six-seven ...