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Jeita

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Jeita جعيتا Jaita, Jaaita
Municipality
Jeita Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°57′14″N 35°38′36″E / 33.95389°N 35.64333°E / 33.95389; 35.64333
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Keserwan
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Jeita (Arabic: جعيتا Jʿītā; also spelled JaaitaorJaita) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil GovernorateofLebanon. 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]

History

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ja'ita as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Jaaita". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

^ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

^ Lebanese Maronite Villages or Towns Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-07-24.

^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193