| Blat | |
| Native Name: | بلاط |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.3861°N 35.6006°W |
| Grid Position: | 136/161 L |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marjeyoun District |
| Elevation M: | 680 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +961 |
Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.
In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.[1] [2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh.[3] On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village.[4]
. Harold Rhode . 1979 . Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century . . 2017-12-04 . 2019-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190420031504/https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century . dead .