Qmatiye
Village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon
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Qmatiye (Arabic: قماطية) is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It lies right beneath the town of Souk El Gharb. The village has a small population and is a famous tourist attraction in the summer.
Qamatiyeh
قماطية | |
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Town | |
  Qamatiyeh Qamatiyeh shown within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°48′05″N 35°34′47″E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
| District | Aley |
| City | Aley |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LB |
History
When Mamluks intensified their persecution against Shia Muslims in 1363, a group of Shiites from Beirut (Burj Beirut) settled in Qmatiye and Kayfoun, the only major Shia villages in Aley District.[2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the place, called el-Kummatiyeh, located in El-Ghurb el-Fokany, upper el-Ghurb.[3]
Demographics
Notable people
- Abbas Awad - footballer
