Ras el-Matn

Ras el-Matn
رأس المتن
Town
Pine forest, by Ras el-Matn, 2011
Ras el-Matn
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°51′N 35°40′E / 33.850°N 35.667°E / 33.850; 35.667
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon Governorate
DistrictBaabda District
Area
  Total
13 km2 (5.018 sq mi)
Elevation
800 – 1 000 m (3,084.14 ft)
Population
 (2009)
  Total
10 000
Time zoneGMT +2
  Summer (DST)GMT +3

Ras el-Matn, also spelled as Ras el-Metn or Ra's al-Matn (Standard Arabic: رأس المتن), is a Lebanese town and municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate stretching over 1,300 hectares (13 km² - 5 mi²). The town has a population of nearly 11,000 inhabitants who are Druze.