What is "joun"

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

Joun means "the corner" in Aramaic, 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.