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Qleiat

Coordinates: 33°58′21″N 35°42′50″E / 33.972435°N 35.714025°E / 33.972435; 35.714025
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Qleiat
قليعات
Village
Map showing the location of Ashqout within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Ashqout within Lebanon
Qleiat
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′21″N 35°42′50″E / 33.972435°N 35.714025°E / 33.972435; 35.714025
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Area
 • Total6.46 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Elevation
1,050 m (3,440 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Qleiat (Arabic: قليعات; also spelled Qulaya'at, Qlaiaat, Qliyat, Qleiaat or Kleiat) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 28 kilometers north of Beirut. Qleiat's average elevation is 1,050 meters above sea level and its total land area is 646 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.[2] The 17th-century Convent of the Sfeir (couvent des Sfeir). founded by chevalier Nader Sfeir is located in Kleiat.

References

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  1. ^ "Qleiaat". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.