Ain Dara is a village about 30 km from Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

, in the governorate of Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is a Lebanese mountain range, averaging above 2,200 meters in height and receiving a substantial amount of precipitation, including snow, which averages around four meters deep. It extends across the whole country along about , parallel to the...

, in the Aley District

Aley District

Aley is a district in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 70s, when Aley and neighboring Bhamdune were attractive tourist locations for Gulf tourists and...

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Ain Dara Municipality has an area of 2,586 hectares (25.86 km² - 9.98196 mi²), with a population of approximately 8000 persons (1700 emigrants). It had 3,874 registered voters in 2010.

Ain Dara is located on a southward facing slope overlooking the pine forests of the safa valley at an altitude of 1,300 meters. It is close to Mount Barouk

Barouk

Barouk is a village in the Chouf District of Lebanon . Historically, the village is known for being the "land of good", because of its fountain . The poet Rachid Nakhleh, the writer of the national hymn , was born in Barouk...

, which is famous for its cedar

Lebanon Cedar

Cedrus libani is a species of cedar native to the mountains of the Mediterranean region.There are two distinct types that are considered to be different subspecies or varieties. Lebanon cedar or Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani is a species of cedar native to the mountains of the Mediterranean...

 forest. Its altitude gives it cool summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall.

Some well-known places surrounding Ain Dara are Hammana

Hammana

Hammana is a town in Lebanon, about 26 km East of Beirut. Hammana sits at an altitude of 1200m above sea-level. It is in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in the district of Baabda. Nearby are the towns of Falougha, Chbaniyeh and Mdeyrig.Hammana has multiple water sources...

 and Mdeirej to the north, Al Azzounieh and Bmuhrein to the south, Dahr-el-Baydar to the east and Sawfar to the west. Ain Dara is known for the famous Battle of Ain Dara that took place in 1711. It was a historic battle that changed the face of Lebanon at that time.

Ain Dara also contains five churches :

• Saint George (gerges) Maronite Church (The oldest church in the village 1890 AD)
• Saint George (gawergios) Orthodox Church, Father Ghassan Haddad.
• Saint Elie (elias) Orthodox Church
• Aindara Evangelical Baptist Church, Pastor Nabih Toufic Haddad.
• Saint Mary (al saydeh) Maronite Church

Natural and Cultural Attractions are:

• EI-Okeili Historical Square
• Ancient Churches: Mar Gerges - Maronite Church, Mar Gerges Orthodox Church
• Druze Khalwat: Khalwat Zeitouni, Atallah and Yehya Families
• Druze hermitage site: Makam Shaykh Badereddin El Enderi (The first Shaykh Akl of the Druze)
• Qoubat Al-Sitt
• Ancient village of Tayroush
• Natural water sources: Ain Birkeh, Ain Al Tarcha, Ain Majed, Ain Al-A'kiba, Ain Al-Tamatn, HafrAI Tannour, Bahsasa
• Al Dayaa Grotto
• Pine Forest

Some families whose hometown is Ain Dara are:

• Atallah
• Bader
• Bou Faysal
• Faisal
• Haddad
• Haydamous
• Wehbeh
• Yammine
• Yehia
• Zakharia
• Zeitouni

Schools : Ain Dara has 4 schools; 2 public schools and 2 private schools. 213 students are enrolled in the public schools, and 277 in the private schools.

Hospitals : There are no hospitals in Ain Dara.

Indicator of economic dynamism : There are 0 companies with more than 5 employees in Ain Dara.
(Source: Localiban)