Country Lebanon District Keserwan Elevation 950 m Local time Monday 4:51 PM | Governorate Mount Lebanon Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 4.61 km² Area code 09 | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Ghosta (Arabic: غوسطا; also spelled Ghusta) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 36 kilometers north of Beirut. Ghosta's average elevation is 950 meters above sea level and its total land area is 461 hectares. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.
Map of Ghosta, Lebanon
Ghosta has three schools, two private and one public, with a total of 772 students as of 2008. As of 2008, there were eleven companies with at least five employees operating in the village. It is home to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries and its main monastery, and the birthplace of Lebanese pioneer painter, Daoud Corm (1852 – 1930) and of pioneer Lebanese journalist, Philippe Ziade (1909–2005).
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