Official Name: | Beit Chama |
Native Name: | بيت شاما |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Baalbek-Hermel Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baalbek District |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.9203°N 36.0258°W |
Elevation M: | 1,040 |
Beit Chama (ar|بيت شاما) is a local authority in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Beit Shama's population as being predominantly Metawileh.[1]