Qabeit
Village in Akkar, Lebanon
Qabeit قبعيت | |
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Village | |
34°26′58″N 36°05′46″E / 34.44944°N 36.09611°E / 34.44944; 36.09611 | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Akkar |
District | Akkar |
Elevation [1] | 220 m (720 ft) |
Qabeit, also Qabaait or Kabiit (Arabic: قبعيت), is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims.[2]
History
The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012.[3] Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon and is part of a region that has received hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees during the Syrian Civil War.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Qabaait, localiban
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster". Channel NewsAsia. 2015-07-10. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Survivor of Java boat capsize speaks about tragedy". ABC News. 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Smugglers behind Lebanese asylum-seekers deaths of Java". Yahoo News. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
External links
- Qabaait, Localiban
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Capital: Halba
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Dreib |
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Qaitea |
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Wadi Khaled |
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Jabal Akroum |
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