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Ain Dara is a village about from Beirut, in the governorate of Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District. Ain Dara Municipality has an area of , with a population of approximately 8000 persons (1700 emigrants). It had 3,874 registered voters in 2010. Originally a Druze village, Ain Dara today is a mixed Druze and Christian village, with a Christian majority, as per the recent registered voters. Ain Dara is located on a southward facing slope overlooking the pine forests of the safa valley at an elevation of . It is close to Mount Barouk, which is famous for its cedar forest. Its altitude gives it cool summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. Some well-known places surrounding Ain Dara are Hammana and Mdeirej to the north, Aghmeed and Bmahray to the south, Dahr-el-Baydar to the east and Saoufar to the west. Ain Dara is known for the famous Battle of Ain Dara that took place in 1711 between the two Druze parties of the time; the Qaysis and the Yemenis, resulting in a Qaysi victory and a Yemeni migration to the Sweida region of Syria. It was a historic battle that changed the face of Lebanon at that time because half of the Druze left for Syria, obliging the Druze Qaysis to call Christians peasants from northern districts to settle and tend to their lands. ==Places of worship== * Druze Khalwat: Khalwat Zeitouni, Atallah and Yehya Families 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ain Dara, Lebanon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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