El Ain, Beqaa, Lebanon

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El Ain العين
El Ain Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°13′41″N 36°22′19″E / 34.228°N 36.372°E / 34.228; 36.372
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Baalbek-Hermel
District	Baalbek
Elevation	3,000 ft (1,000 m)
Population
• Total	30,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

El Ain (Arabic: العين), Al Ain, or Ain is a village at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is famous for agriculture and trade, located on the highway connecting Syrian borders and the Hermel area with Chtaura and Beirut.

Its name, Ain, refers to the old water source in it.^{[citation needed]}