Blat, Lebanon

Blat
بلاط
Blat

Location in Lebanon

Coordinates: 34°6′48″N 35°39′47″E / 34.11333°N 35.66306°E / 34.11333; 35.66306Coordinates: 34°6′48″N 35°39′47″E / 34.11333°N 35.66306°E / 34.11333; 35.66306
Country Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon
District Jbeil
Area
  Total 683 ha (1,688 acres)
Elevation 190 m (620 ft)

Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a municipality in the Jbeil District of Mount Lebanon 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 as of 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bejjeh - Aannaya". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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