Jeita
Municipality in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Jeita
جعيتا Jaita, Jaaita | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 33°57′14″N 35°38′36″E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
District | Keserwan |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Jeita (Arabic: جعيتا Jʿītā; also spelled Jaaita or Jaita) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil 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]
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]