Blat, Byblos District
Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is a suburb of Byblos and is 40 kilometers north of Beirut. Blat has an average elevation of 190 meters above sea level and a total land area of 683 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] As of 2008, there were three private schools in the village enrolling 2,560 students, in addition to a campus of the Lebanese American University. There were 28 companies with more than five employees operating in Blat.[1]
Blat بلاط | |
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  Blat Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°6′48″N 35°39′47″E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
| District | Byblos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 683 ha (1,688 acres) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
References
- "Blat (Jbayl)". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-16. 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.
Capital: Byblos | ||
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