Al Ghabat
الغابات
Coordinates: 34°04′49″N 35°52′25″E / 34.0803°N 35.8735°E / 34.0803; 35.8735
CountryLebanon
DistrictByblos District
Government
 • President of municipalityBechara Philippe Karkafi [citation needed]
Highest elevation
1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population
[1]
 • Total600

Ghabat (or Al-Ghabat) is a village in Lebanon located in the Jurd area of the district of Byblos in the Mount Lebanon region, about 74 kilometres northeast of Beirut. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2]

Al Ghabat has a dry-summer subtropical Mediterranean climate with moderate weather throughout the seasons. Summers are hot and dry, while winters are rainy with occasional snow. It is located on the mountains above Byblos at an altitude of 1000 to 1200 metres. It is surrounded by the villages of Afqa and Lassa and is home to 591 people[1] registered on the electoral list.

Economy

Al Ghabat's main industry is agriculture. The town mainly produces apples, peaches, grapes and vegetables.

History

The name means forests in Syriac. It could also mean imprisonment, pressure, strain. In Arabic it means a dense forest.[3] The biggest resident family is the Karkafi family and its origin dates back to the 19th century when Nassar Gemayel left Bikfaya to a location named Karkafi, next to Lassa village in the Byblos caza and later settled in Al Ghabat.

Sites to visit

Ghabat is known mainly for:

Demographics

Ghabat's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] The major families of the village are Karkafi, Rahi, Karam, Hatem and Khoueiry.

The first municipal council was elected in 2010. Its current president is Bechara Philippe Karkafi.

Institutions

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Ghabat Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Baldati. Retrieved on 2014-03-10.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Villages Jbeil, Fatri, Adonis, Afqa, Ghabat, Almat, Ain el Delbeh. Discoverlebanon.com. Retrieved on 2014-03-10.
  4. ^ انخفاض الطلب على العقارات في لبنان بسبب أوضاع المنطقة September 25th 2012 (2012-09-25). "انخفاض الطلب على العقارات في لبنان بسبب أوضاع المنطقة". cnbcarabia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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