Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad Explained

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
Native Name:جورة مهاد-شحتول
Native Name Lang:ara
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Chahtoul within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:34.0325°N 35.7206°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Keserwan-Jbeil
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Keserwan
Area Total Km2:2.9
Elevation M:920
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

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad (Arabic: جورة مهاد-شحتول; 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. The municipality is located 32 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 920 meters above sea level and its total land area is 290 hectares.[1]

Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] The major families in Chahtoul include Ziadé, Salamé, Oueiss, Obeid, Kallassi, Najem, El-Khoury, Mnessa, Nader, Rizkalla. Members of many of these families (such as Salamé, Oueiss, and Obeid) migrated to the Qartaba area in Ottoman Lebanon during the Peasant's Rebellion of the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, and the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon.

Chahtoul is the hometown of the Lebanese writer May Ziadeh. A statue of her is situated in the village. Chahtoul is in the Dioceses of Jounieh.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chahtoul - Jouret Mhad. Localiban. Localiban. 2016-02-12. 2008-01-19.
  2. Web site: Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban . Localiban . Localiban . 2016-02-12 . 19 . pdf . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf . 2015-07-24 .