Qamatiyeh | |
Native Name: | قماطية |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Lebanon showing the location of Aitat |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Qamatiyeh shown within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.8014°N 35.5797°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Mount Lebanon |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aley |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Aley |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.87 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Iso Code: | LB |
Qmatiye (Arabic: قماطية) is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It lies right beneath the town of Souk El Gharb. The village has a small population and is a famous tourist attraction in the summer.
When Mamluks intensified their persecution against Shia Muslims in 1363, a group of Shiites from Beirut (Burj Beirut) settled in Qmatiye and Kayfoun, the only major Shia villages in Aley District.[2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the place, called el-Kummatiyeh, located in El-Ghurb el-Fokany, upper el-Ghurb.[3]
Qmatiye's natives are predominantly Shia Muslims with Christian and Sunni minorities.
Main families in the village are: