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Blat, Jbeil District

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Country
  
Lebanon

District
  
Jbeil

Governorate
  
Mount Lebanon

Elevation
  
190 m (620 ft)

Blat, Jbeil District

Blat (Arabic: بلاط‎‎) is a municipality in the Jbeil 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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics. 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 as of 2008.

Map of Blat, Lebanon

References

Blat, Jbeil District Wikipedia