Keserwan District
# Keserwan District

Keserwan District (Arabic: قضاء كسروان, transliteration: Qaḍā' Kisrawān) is a district (qadaa) in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital, Jounieh, is overwhelmingly Maronite Christian. The area is home to the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.

## Etymology

The name of Keserwan is most probably that of a Persian clan named the Kesra, who were early Persian settlers of the region. Kesra (Arabicized version of Khosro) has always been a common Persian name. Keserwan is its plural form.

## Demographics

According to voter registration data, the population is overwhelmingly Christian–the highest percentage-wise in the nation–with 97.95% of voters being Christian. Of those, Maronites are the predominant denomination, comprising 92.16% of all voters in the district. The remaining Christians are Greek Melkite Catholics (2.14%), "minority Christians" (1.26%), Orthodox Christians (0.89%), Armenian Orthodox Christians (0.72%), Armenian Catholics (0.66%), and Evangelicals (0.11%). The Muslim population (2.05%) are divided between Shi'as (1.80%), Sunnis (0.25%), and Alawis (0.01%).

The number of registered voters by sect is as follows (with a total of 94200):

* 86,044 Maronites
* 1,995 Greek Melkite Catholics
* 1,682 Shia Muslims
* 1,176 Minority Christians
* 832 Greek Orthodox Christians
* 668 Armenian Orthodox Christians
* 619 Armenian Catholic Christians
* 230 Sunni Muslims
* 99 Evangelical Christians
* 14 Alawites
* 7 Druze

### Electoral constituency

The district is part of the Keserwan-Byblos electoral district, with the district of Keserwan being allocated 5 Maronite seats (and the overall constituency having 7 Maronites and 1 Shi'ia).

## Cities, towns, and villages

* Aazra
* Adma
* Ain El Delbeh
* Ain el-Rihaneh
* Aintoura
* Ajaltoun
* Aramoun
* Ashqout
* Attine
* Ballouneh
* Batha
* Bekaata Ashqout
* Bekaata Kenaan
* Bezhel
* Bkerké
* Bouar
* Bqaatouta (Bkaatouta)
* Bzoummar
* Chahtoul
* Chnaniir
* Daraoun
* Daraya
* Dlebta
* Faitroun
* Faraya
* Fatqa
* Ghadir
* Ghbaleh
* Ghidras
* Ghineh
* Ghosta
* Harissa
* Hrajel
* Jdaidet Ghazir
* Jeita
* Jounieh
* Jouret Bedran
* Jouret Mhad
* Jouret el-Termos
* Jwar El Hous
* Kaslik
* Kfardebian
* Kfaryassine
* Kfour
* Kleiat
* Maarab
* Mayrouba
* Nammoura
* Okaibe
* Rayfoun
* Safra
* Sahel Alma
* Sarba
* Sehaileh
* Tabarja
* Wata El Jawz
* Yahchouch
* Zouk Mikael
* Zouk Mosbeh
