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Qabeit
قبعيت | |
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  Qabeit Qabeit in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°26′58″N 36°05′46″E / 34.44944°N 36.09611°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Akkar |
| District | Akkar |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Qabeit, also Qabaait or Kabiit ( Arabic: قبعيت), is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims. [2]
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]
- ^ Qabaait, localiban
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"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.
{{ cite web}}: 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.
- Qabaait, Localiban
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Qabeit
قبعيت | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Qabeit Qabeit in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°26′58″N 36°05′46″E / 34.44944°N 36.09611°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Akkar |
| District | Akkar |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Qabeit, also Qabaait or Kabiit ( Arabic: قبعيت), is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims. [2]
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]
- ^ 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.
{{ cite web}}: 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.
- Qabaait, Localiban
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