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 == Mayrouba == ' ' is a small village located northeast of Beirut in the kaza of Kessrouan in Lebanon. Famous for its pleasant mild summers, it hosts a very small population of an estimated 2,540 and is renown for its apple and and water springs. The name 'Mayrouba'(Arabic for May: water and Rouba: pure) means 'pure water' in reference to the many potable water springs abundant in this small town. It has an altitude of 1,300 meters and is nested in Mount Lebanon (the Western Range of Lebanese mountains)facing to the East the famous Mount Sannine. People in Mayrouba depend for living on apple orchards and farming.

The village subsists mainly from apple orchards. It is famous for its starking, Golden and Mouwachah (Sans Pareille) varieties. Mayrouba and other Mount Lebanon villages, mainly the areas of Baskinta, Mtein, Kfarselouane, Tarchiche, Niha, Barouk, Hrajel, Kfar Dibiane and Akoura, accounts to 35% of apple production in Lebanon, the cluster is ranked second to Lebanon's North. The apple plantations being the third in terms of production area out of the total area planted with fruit trees. Other fruit trees are cherries, plums and pears.

In the past decade, sand extraction became a controversial booming business in Mayrouba, leading to many complaints by the local community about the far reaching effects of extraction on land biodiversity and efficiency and the resulting land erosion and water pollution. Many farmers sold their lands to contractors prompting a lower agricultural local production. The United Nations Development Program funded a local project to try to reverse the impact of sand extraction.