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Chaat, Lebanon

Coordinates: 34°8′30″N 36°13′56″E / 34.14167°N 36.23222°E / 34.14167; 36.23222
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Chaat
شعث
Town
Chaat is located in Lebanon
Chaat
Chaat
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°8′30″N 36°13′56″E / 34.14167°N 36.23222°E / 34.14167; 36.23222
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel Governorate
DistrictBaalbek District
Elevation
3,000 ft (1,000 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Chaat (Arabic: شعث) is a town located in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon.[1]

Demographics

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As of 2022, the town had 6,322 registered voters, of whom 71.3% were Shia Muslim and 28.2% of whom were Sunni Muslim.[2] The town also had 1,819 registered Syrian refugees at the end of the same year.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Chaat". Localiban. Localiban. 2007-12-06. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  2. ^ "Mapping Lebanon: Data and statistics". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  3. ^ "Syria Refugee Response Lebanon: Bekaa & Baalbek-El Hermel Governorate - Distribution of the Registered Syrian Refugees at the Cadastral Level (As of 31 December 2022) - Lebanon | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2025-02-15.