Shweir

Shweir or Choueir (Arabic: شوير‎‎) is the name of a small town in the Matn region of Mt Sannine, Lebanon. Located in the shadow of the mountain overlooking Beirut and the Mediterranean Sea.

Most of the town signs use the Choueir and Dhour Choueir spelling.

People from this town have spread around the world through emigration but are still closely tied together through family contacts, periodic visits to Choueir, and their websites.

The town is well known as a "resort town" where people live during the summer months. This town is also famous for being the hometown of Naameh Yafeth, Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser and Antun Saadeh, the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).

A famous native of the town is Abraham Rihbany (1869-1944), a writer on politics and religion.

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Matn District, Mount Lebanon Governorate

Capital: Jdeideh

Towns and villages	Ain Aar Ain el Safssaf Ain el Sendianeh Ain Saadeh Aintoura Amaret Chalhoub Antelias Aoukar Al-Ayroun Baabdat Baskinta Bauchrieh Beit Chabab Beit el Chaar Beit el Kekko Beit Mery Bhersaf Biakout Bikfaya Bkenneya Bourj Hammoud Broummana Bsalim Bteghrine Chaouiyeh Choueir Daher al Hosein Dahr el Sawan Daychounieh Dbayeh Dekwaneh Dik El Mehdi Dhour El Choueir Dora Douar Fanar Ghabeh Ghabet Bologna Hadirah Haret al Ballaneh Haret ech Cheikh Hbous Jal el Dib Jdeideh Jouar Jouret el Ballout Kaakour Kfarakab Kfartay Khenchara Majdel Tarchich Majzoub Mansourieh Mar Chaaya Mar Michael Bnabil Mar Moussa Mar Roukouz Marjaba Mazraat Yachouh Mchikha Mezher Mhaydseh Mkalles Mrouj Mtaileb Mtein Mzekkeh Nabay Naccache Ouyoun Qonaytrah Qonnabat Broummana Qornet Shehwan Rabieh Roumieh Sakiyat al Mesek Sed el Bauchrieh Sin el Fil Sfaileh Wata el Mrouj Zalka Zarooun Zekrite Zouk al Khrab

Notable landmarks	Mount Sannine

Notable touristic sites	Aqueduct of Zubaida Deir el Qalaa

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