Jeita

Jeita (Arabic: جعيتا‎ Jʿītā; also spelled Jaaita or Jaita) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of 290 hectares.[1] Jeita's inhabitants are Maronites.[2]

This article is about the town. For the grotto, see Jeita Grotto. For the Japanese electronics association JEITA, see Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association.

Jeita جعيتا Jaita, Jaaita
Municipality
Jeita Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°57′14″N 35°38′36″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Keserwan
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

It is well known for the Jeita Grotto which is a popular tourist attraction, as well as the Nahr al-Kalb, a river that runs from a spring near the grotto emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The name Jeita is derived from the Aramaic word Ge’itta, meaning "roar" or "noise".[3]

References

1. "Jaaita". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
2. "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.
3. Lebanese Maronite Villages or Towns Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-07-24.