Mansourieh is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
About 10Â km east of Beirut, on a hilltop overseeing the capital, lies Mansourieh the gateway to Northern Matn.
Due to intensive urbanization since the second half of the last century, lots of green areas have been replaced by residential and commercial buildings. Few green areas remain, mainly along the river bank.
Mansourieh lies on the main road running from Beirut through Sin el-Fil and Mkalles, winding up the mountain to reach Baabdat, Bikfaya and Upper Matn. The ‘Ras el-Matn‘ road connects Northern Matn to Southern Matn villages, starting from Monte Verde.
Beirut River flows east to west from Lebanon’s mountains passing south of Mansourieh to the Mediterranean Sea. The River is crossed by a dam locally called ‘Jisr es-Sid’ (Bridge of the Dam) built during the French mandate. With the dam, part of the river water is diverted to irrigate the Hadath and Kfarshima coastal planes. A bridge on top of the dam links Mansourieh to Hazmieh’s Mar Takla and Mar Roukouz neighborhoods.
Mansourieh municipality administers the industrialized Mkalles zone and the Daychounieh village.
