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Joun (also Joon, Djoun, in Arabic جون, in Phoenician ) is a Lebanese village sitting on seven hills in the Chouf (in Arabic قضاء الشوف) district of Mount Lebanon at a distant 13 kilometers from the city of Sidon.

Joun means in Assyrian “the corner,” and it is located in between Mount Lebanon and South Lebanon, forming a corner shape.

It is a village of approximately 7,400 inhabitants mainly Greek Catholic, Shiite and Maronite.

Joun is an old village located above the temple of the Phoenician god Eshmun near the city of Sidon.

In 1887 the Ottomans appointed the first commission of Joun.

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