# Daraoun > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daraoun > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daraoun.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraoun > Source revision: 1348478646 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Daraoun |other_name = |native_name =درعون |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption à Daroun.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Maronite Church ''Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption'' |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Lebanon |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Lebanon |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Lebanon}} |subdivision_type1 = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Lebanon) |subdivision_name1 = [Keserwan-Jbeil](/source/Keserwan-Jbeil_Governorate) |subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Lebanon) |subdivision_name2 = [Keserwan](/source/Keserwan_District) |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = +3 |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|33|58|37|N|35|39|31|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Daraoun''' ({{langx|ar|درعون|Darʿūn}}) is a village, part of [Harissa-Daraoun](/source/Harissa-Daraoun) municipality, located in the [Keserwan District](/source/Keserwan_District) of the [Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate](/source/Keserwan-Jbeil_Governorate) in [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).{{cite web|title=Daraoun - Harissa|url=http://www.localiban.org/article1364.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|accessdate=2017-11-26|date=2007-07-03}} ==History== [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) tax records indicate Daraoun had seven Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1523, sixteen Muslim households and one [imam](/source/imam) in 1530, and ten Christian households and three Christian bachelors in 1543.{{sfn|Bakhit|1972|p=275}} Sons or descendants of Abu Nawfal, the 17th-century head of the [Khazen family](/source/Khazen_family), settled to some extent in Daraoun.{{sfn|van Leeuwen|1994|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=IFDkfiE-ZUcC&pg=PA84 84]}} In 1838, [Eli Smith](/source/Eli_Smith) noted ''Der'an'' as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/193/mode/1up 193] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite thesis |last=Bakhit |first=Muhammad Adnan Salamah |title=The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century |publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=February 1972 |type=PhD}} *{{cite book |last1=van Leeuwen |first1=Richard |title=Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon: The Khāzin Sheikhs and the Maronite Church, 1736–1840 |date=1994 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden, New York and Koln |isbn=90-04-09978-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFDkfiE-ZUcC}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[Crocker & Brewster](/source/Crocker_%26_Brewster)|volume=3}} {{refend}} {{Keserwan District}} Category:Populated places in Keserwan District {{lebanon-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daraoun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraoun) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraoun?action=history)). 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