As most of the villages, Broummana has an Aramaic name which most probably means "house of Rammana, the … See more

Summer is usually dry in Broummana; it begins in early May and ends in mid-October. Summer temperature rarely exceeds 30 °C, with a lower limit of around 20 °C (68 °F). Its relative humidity in summer ru… See more

Broummana is home to a number of religious groups, with Christians, mostly Greek Orthodox making up 40%, Maronite Catholic making up 40% of the population, and Greek Catholic making up 10% of the population, … See more

Broummana High School was founded by the Quaker Theophilus Waldmeier in 1873. The school influenced the inhabitants of Broummana and gave the town some English traditions, such as five o’clock tea.
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In the summer of 1915, as the First World War gathered pace, the British imposed an economic blockage against the Ottoman territories along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea. The Young Turk governmen… See more

The name of the town, Broummana, stems from the Aramaic language. The name most probably means "House of Rammanu", which was an Akkadian name meaning "Thunder" used for the weather god more commonly … See more