Remhala
Encyclopedia
Remhala is a village
in Aley
- Lebanon
(Mount Lebanon
).
Remhala is of syriac
etymology
meaning a sandy hill. It is situated on a sandy hill, on the shoulder of a valley, surrounded by four mountain
s.
It has a moderate climate
and is habitable in winter and summer.
Its altitude
ranges between 250m above sea level
, at Jisr Al-Kadi, to 700m above sea level at Kabreshmoun.
Families: Yazbeck – Nassar – Daher – Rizk – Saad – Al Khoury – Raad – Abi Abdallah – Allam – Al Zein.
عائلاتها: يزبك – نصار – ضاهر – رزق – سعد – الخوري – رعد – ابي عبد الله – علام – الزين.
اسم رمحالا سرياني الاصل، معناه: تلة رمل: حيث تقع على تلةٍ رمليةٍ على كتف وادٍ بين اربعة جبال
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Aley
Aley
Aley is a picturesque town in Mount Lebanon. It is located 17 km uphill from Beirut, just south of the summer resort of Bhamdoun and north of the strategic town of Souk El Gharb.-Demographics:...
- Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
(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...
).
Remhala is of syriac
Syriac language
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
etymology
Etymology
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
meaning a sandy hill. It is situated on a sandy hill, on the shoulder of a valley, surrounded by four mountain
Mountain
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s.
It has a moderate climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
and is habitable in winter and summer.
Its altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
ranges between 250m above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
, at Jisr Al-Kadi, to 700m above sea level at Kabreshmoun.
Families: Yazbeck – Nassar – Daher – Rizk – Saad – Al Khoury – Raad – Abi Abdallah – Allam – Al Zein.
عائلاتها: يزبك – نصار – ضاهر – رزق – سعد – الخوري – رعد – ابي عبد الله – علام – الزين.
اسم رمحالا سرياني الاصل، معناه: تلة رمل: حيث تقع على تلةٍ رمليةٍ على كتف وادٍ بين اربعة جبال