Daychounieh (also Al-Daychounieh) is a village in the Matn District

Matn District

Matn , sometimes spelled Metn, is a district in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut...

 of the Mount Lebanon Governorate

Mount Lebanon Governorate

Mount Lebanon is one of the Governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda. The overwhelming majority of its population is Maronites, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

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. Daychounieh is administered by Mansourieh

Mansourieh

Mansourieh, is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.-Overview:...

 municipality.

Geography

Daychounieh is 21 km to the Capital (Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

), 26 km to the Province Administrative Center (Baabda

Baabda

Baabda is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Baabda was the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon....

) and 15 km to the Caza Administrative Center (Jdeideh

Jdeideh

Jdeideh , , is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate....

).

Daychounieh is accessible from Mansourieh

Mansourieh

Mansourieh, is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.-Overview:...

 main road.

Beirut River

Beirut River

Beirut River is a river in Lebanon. The river runs east to west, then curves north, separating the city of Beirut from its eastern suburbs, primarily Bourj Hammoud and Sin el Fil. According to popular legend, St...

 flows east to west from Lebanon’s mountains passing through Daychounieh to the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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.

Demographics

As of 2009, Daychounieh houses a population of approx. 800, of which 98 constitute the electorate and 153 are native residents.
The number of residences is approx. 250.