Aytaroun is one of the Lebanese villages of Bint Jbeil District in Nabatieh Governorate the town rises 700m above sea level it is 130 km away from Beirut. Moreabout most families depend on agriculture as their primary source of income. Furthermore Aitaroun is considered one of the larger villages in southern Lebanon with a total population estimated at 20,000 (2002). However, the actual number of residents is now considered to be significantly higher. The non-resident population is divided between emigrants and internal migrants distributed throughout Lebanon. Moreover there are five schools operating in Aitaroun: two public and three private. Therefore Aitaroun contains historic sites, many of which ransacked and their contents taken into Israel during the 22 year Israeli occupation. Untouched sites are still known to exist amongst locals within the greater village, also an approximate 3m long, white-limestone sarcophagus with Christian carvings. Moreover the village is considered to be around 600 years old. Native families of the village include the following: 'Abbas,Morad,Haidar,Mostafa, 'Abdallah, Baython, Said Hasan, Alahmad, Tawbe, Hamad, Thawi, Alchaikh Hosein, Fakih, Mahdi, 'Ouwatha, Kassem, 'Alawaye, Alsaid Yousef, Alsaid, Mawasi, Salman, Yossef, Kawsan, Eid, Mahfoud, Thaher, 'Oubani, Mansour, aldroubi, Naser, Fares, 'Abed Almene'em, Bazzi, Alakras, Houssein, Baalbaki, Fayad, Hasan, 'Ayad, Hamadi, Marmar, Hojazi, Khalil, Alsaid Ahmad, Alsaid 'Ali, Mansori, Farhat, Salameh, Zaid, Ibrahim, Alamin, 'Ouleik, Doura, Kachakech Bitar,Alhaj,and Shour.