{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Hrajel |other_name = |native_name = حراجل |settlement_type = Municipality |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_size = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_size = |shield_alt = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |blank_emblem_alt = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_alt = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_alt1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Lebanon<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = bottom<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lebanon |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Lebanon}} |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Keserwan-Jbeil |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Keserwan <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = <!--add (no-break space) to leader names to disable automatic links--> |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 12.30<!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1,320 |elevation_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |population_density_km2 = <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone1 = EET |utc_offset1 = +2 |timezone1_DST = EEST |utc_offset1_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|34|0|54|N|35|47|41|E|region:LB|display=inline}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Hrajel''' ({{langx|ar|حراجل|Ḥrājel}}) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about {{convert|42|km|mi}} north of Beirut.<ref name="localiban">{{cite web|title=Hrajel|url=http://www.localiban.org/article4469.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|accessdate=2016-02-26|date=2008-01-21}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 1,320 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,230 hectares. Hrajel's inhabitants are Maronites.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban |url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf |website=Localiban |publisher=Localiban |accessdate=2016-02-26 |page=19 |format=pdf |date=2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf |archivedate=2015-07-24 }}</ref>
A hidden grotto can be found in Hrajel next to a river that feeds Nahr el Kalb. The grotto is rumored to be a far upward extension of the Jeita grotto but it is currently closed to the public. <ref name="localiban"/>
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==Bibliography== *{{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}}
==External links== * website: www.hrajel.com
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Category:Populated places in Keserwan District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
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