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Ehmej

إهمج
Ihmij
Ehmej إهمج Ihmij
	Ehmej Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 34°7′20″N 35°47′1″E / 34.12222°N 35.78361°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Byblos
Area
• Total	17.42 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Elevation	1,140 m (3,740 ft)

Ehmej (Arabic: إهمج; also spelled Ihmij) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 57 kilometers northeast of Beirut.^[1] Ehmej's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.^[2] There are two schools in the town, one public and the other private, with a total of 308 pupils in 2006. Ehmej also contains three quarries, and as of 2006, had four companies with over five employees operating in the town.^[1] It hosts the annual Ehmej Festival.

Geography

Ehmej has a total land area of 1,742 hectares.^[1] The town's average elevation is 1,140 meters above sea level.^[1] Neighboring municipalities include Mish Mish to the west, Jaj to the north, Laqlouq and Mazraat es-Siyad to the east and Almat el-Shemaliat and Almat al-Janubiat to the south.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ehmej". Localliban. Localliban. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.