Editing Jounieh (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Jounieh
| native_name              = {{lang|ar|جونيه}}
| nickname                 = 
| settlement_type          = City
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = Jounieh Lebanon.jpg
| image_caption            = Jounieh Bay
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| pushpin_map              = Lebanon
| pushpin_label_position   = bottom
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Lebanon
| coordinates              = {{coord|33|58|11|N|35|36|56|E|type:city_scale:50000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{LBN}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Governorates of Lebanon|Governorate]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate|Keserwan-Jbeil]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Districts of Lebanon|District]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Keserwan District|Keserwan]]
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| established_date         = 
| population               = 100,000 (approx.)
| population_metro         = 
| timezone                 = 
| utc_offset               = +2
| utc_offset_DST           = +3
| website                  = {{URL| http://www.jounieh.gov.lb/}}
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'''Jounieh''' ({{langx|ar|جونيه}}, or ''Juniya'', {{lang|ar|جونية}}) is a coastal city in [[Keserwan District]], about {{convert|16|km|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. Since 2017, it has been the capital of [[Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=273715 |title=إنشاء محافظة جديدة في جبل لبنان باسم "كسروان الفتوح وجبيل" |language=ar |date=7 September 2017 |publisher=Legal Informatics Center, [[Lebanese University]] |accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Localiban |title=Jounieh - Localiban |url=https://www.localiban.org/jounieh-4473 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=www.localiban.org |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808070353/http://www.localiban.org/jounieh-4473 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jounieh is known for its seaside resorts and bustling nightlife, as well as its old stone [[Bazaar|souk]], ferry port, paragliding site and [[gondola lift]] (''le [[téléphérique (Jounieh)|téléphérique]]''), which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine of [[Our Lady of Lebanon]] in [[Harissa, Lebanon|Harissa]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=About Jounie, Jounie Travel Guide, Jounie Tourism :: Traveltill.com |url=https://www.traveltill.com/destination/Lebanon/Jounie/index.php |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=Traveltill}}</ref>

Above Jounieh, and on the way to [[Harissa, Lebanon|Harissa]], a small hill named [[Bkerké]] ({{langx|ar|بكركي|links=no}}, or ''Bkerki''), overlooking the Jounieh bay, is the seat of the [[Patriarch]] of the [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon|Maronite]] Catholic Church of Lebanon. Residents of Jounieh and the surrounding towns are overwhelmingly [[Maronite Catholics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon {{!}} People, Economy, Religion, & History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Lebanon |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> '''Maameltein''' is a district of [[Ghazir]] village.