Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad (Arabic: جورة مهاد-شحتول, romanized: Jūret Mhād-Shaḥtūl; also spelled Shahtoul or Shahtul) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It consists of the village of Chahtoul, 32 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 920 meters above sea level and its total land area is 290 hectares.[1]
Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
جورة مهاد-شحتول | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°1′57″N 35°43′14″E / 34.03250°N 35.72056°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| District | Keserwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2]
Chahtoul is the hometown of the Lebanese writer May Ziadeh. A statue of her is in the village.[citation needed]
References
edit- ↑ "Chahtoul - Jouret Mhad". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. 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.