Mar Roukouz
City in Mount Lebanon Governorate
Mar Roukouz مار روكز | |
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City | |
| 33°52′N 35°33′E / 33.867°N 35.550°E / 33.867; 35.550 | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Matn District |
| Government | |
| • Time Zone | GMT +2 (UTC) |
| • - Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
| • Area Code(s) | (+961) 1 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Mar Roukouz or Mar Roukoz (Arabic: مار روكز translit. Mar Roukouz) is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
Overview
Mar Roukoz is mostly a residential region. Notable places include the School of Engineering and the Faculty of Science of Saint Joseph University, as well as several country clubs, and a water park. The village is under the administration of the Municipality of Dekwaneh, and is officially a part of the region of Dahr el Hossein.
Etymology
The region is named after Saint Roch (Mar Roukoz in Arabic) Monastery which is built on a prominent hill, and serves as the headquarters of the Maronite Antonine Order. The monastery was established in 1768.
Geography
Demographics
References and footnotes
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Capital: Jdeideh
- Ain Aar
- Ain el Safssaf
- Ain el Sendianeh
- Ain Saadeh
- Aintoura
- Amaret Chalhoub
- Antelias
- Aoukar
- Al-Ayroun
- Baabdat
- Baskinta
- Bauchrieh
- Beit Chabab
- Beit el Chaar
- Beit el Kekko
- Beit Mery
- Bhersaf
- Biakout
- Bikfaya
- Bkenneya
- Bourj Hammoud
- Broummana
- Bsalim
- Bteghrine
- Chaouiyeh
- Choueir
- Daher al Hosein
- Dahr el Sawan
- Daychounieh
- Dbayeh
- Dekwaneh
- Dik El Mehdi
- Dhour El Choueir
- Dora
- Douar
- Fanar
- Ghabeh
- Ghabet Bologna
- Hadirah
- Haret al Ballaneh
- Haret ech Cheikh
- Hemlaya
- Hbous
- Jal el Dib
- Jdeideh
- Jouar
- Jouret el Ballout
- Kaakour
- Kfarakab
- Kfartay
- Khenchara
- Majdel Tarchich
- Majzoub
- Mansourieh
- Mar Chaaya
- Mar Michael Bnabil
- Mar Moussa
- Mar Roukouz
- Marjaba
- Mazraat Yachouh
- Mchikha
- Mezher
- Mhaydseh
- Mkalles
- Mrouj
- Mtaileb
- Mtein
- Mzekkeh
- Nabay
- Naccache
- Ouyoun
- Qonaytrah
- Qonnabat Broummana
- Qornet Shehwan
- Rabieh
- Roumieh
- Sakiyat al Mesek
- Sed el Bauchrieh
- Sin el Fil
- Sfaileh
- Wata el Mrouj
- Zalka
- Zarooun
- Zakrit
- Zouk al Khrab
- Aqueduct of Zubaida
- Deir el Qalaa
- Saint Elias Monastery
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