on August 8, 2001, when the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir made a historic visit to the Chouf and met with the Druze and Chouf leader, Walid Jumblatt. On 28 February 1989 an Israeli air-strike on the Chouf killed three school children and damaged their school. Twenty-two others were wounded. It was the third IAF attack on Lebanon since the beginning of the year. The Chouf is one of the best-preserved Lebanese districts and its nature has been generally spared from the intense building of neighboring Metn and Kesrouan. Demographics Despite the historical feuds between Sunni Muslims and Christian Maronites and Druze, the Chouf district is still one of the most religiously diverse regions in Lebanon. Currently the region hosts equal proportions of Druze, Sunni Muslims, and Christians (Maronite and Greek Catholic) populations. The Druze and Sunnis each make up around 35% of the population, and the remaining 30% is Christian. Notable cities and towns Ainbal Ain Zhalta Ammatour Baadarâne Baakline Barja Barouk Beitedine Bourjain Brih Bsaba Chhime Dahr El Maghara Damour Daraya Deir el Qamar Dibbiyeh Gharife Haret Jandal Fouara Jahlieh Jdaideh Jiyyeh Joun Kahlouniye Kfarfakoud Moukhtara Na'ameh Niha Chouf Rmeileh Serjbel Shheem Zaarourieh See also Iqlim al-Kharrub, historical region located in the Chouf District References Districts of Lebanon Druze in Lebanon