Ghosta
غوسطا | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 33°59′28″N 35°40′25″E / 33.99111°N 35.67361°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
District | Keserwan |
Area | |
• Total | 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Area code | 09 |
Ghosta ( Arabic: غوسطا) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil 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. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics. [2]
Ottoman tax records indicate Ghosta had 11 Christian households in 1523, 12 Christian households and one bachelor in 1530, and 15 Christian households and one bachelor in 1543. [3]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ghusta as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites. [4]
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. [1] 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). [5]
Ghosta
غوسطا | |
---|---|
Municipality | |
Coordinates: 33°59′28″N 35°40′25″E / 33.99111°N 35.67361°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
District | Keserwan |
Area | |
• Total | 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Area code | 09 |
Ghosta ( Arabic: غوسطا) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil 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. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics. [2]
Ottoman tax records indicate Ghosta had 11 Christian households in 1523, 12 Christian households and one bachelor in 1530, and 15 Christian households and one bachelor in 1543. [3]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ghusta as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites. [4]
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. [1] 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). [5]