Barouk

Barouk فريديس الشوف-باروك
Municipality
Skyline of Barouk
Barouk Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°42′30″N 35°40′39″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Chouf
Area
• Total	27.62 km2 (10.66 sq mi)
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,197
	(Registered voters)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

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Barouk (Arabic: باروك, romanized: Bārūk) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares. The village had 5,197 registered voters in 2010. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze and Maronite and Melkite Christians.

Historically, Barouk is known for being the "land of good", because of its fountain, Nabeh-el-Barouk. The poet Rachid Nakhle, the writer of the national anthem, "Kulluna lel watan", was born in Barouk. The village is also well known for its apples and other fruits, and for its many pine and oak forests. Barouk is named after the adjacent mountain of Jabal el-Barouk ('Mount Barouk'), which stands 1,943 meters above sea level. The mountain also has the largest nature reserve in Lebanon, the Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve.