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Bazoun

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Bazoun
بزعون
Village
Map showing the location of Bazoun within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°14′29″N 35°59′15″E / 34.2414071°N 35.9874816°E
Country Lebanon
Governorate North Governorate
District Bsharri District
Area
• Total 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation 1,390 m (4,560 ft)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code +06

Bazoun (Arabic: بزعون, romanized: Bazʿūn), also spelled Bazaoun or Bazaaoun, is a Maronite village and municipality in the Bsharri District of Lebanon.[1] Oral tradition has it that the first Lebanese settler in Guadeloupe was someone from the Debs family in Bazoun who went there in 1870.[2] There are 4 schools in the town, 3 public and 1 private, with almost 850 students in total attending.[3]

Demographics

In 2014 Christians made up 98.96% of registered voters in Bazoun. 93.79% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.[4]

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