Blat, Byblos District
Blat
بلاط | |
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 Built on an ancient Roman temple, the historic church of Mar Elias in Blat is a surviving waqf of the House of al-Dahdah | |
  Blat Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°6′48″N 35°39′47″E / 34.11333°N 35.66306°E / 34.11333; 35.66306 | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| District | Byblos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is a suburb of Byblos and is 40 kilometers north of Beirut. Blat has an average elevation of 190 meters above sea level and a total land area of 683 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] As of 2008, there were three private schools in the village enrolling 2,560 students, in addition to a campus of the Lebanese American University. There were 28 companies with more than five employees operating in Blat.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Blat (Jbayl)". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ "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.
Capital: Byblos | ||
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