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]
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] 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.
Landmarks
edit- Church of Saint-Joseph (town center)
- Saydet el-Kalaa Church and Lady's Holy Cave
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.