| Ashqout | |
| Native Name: | عشقوت |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Ashqout within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.9874°N 35.7076°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Keserwan |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.88 |
| Elevation M: | 1,250 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +961 |
Ashqout (ar|عشقوت; also spelled Ashkout, Achqout, `Ashqut) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 31 kilometers north of Beirut. Ashqout's average elevation is 1,000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 588 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.[2]
Ottoman tax records indicate Ashqout had 43 Christian households in 1523, 43 Christian households and seven bachelors in 1530, and 33 Christian households and 14 bachelors in 1543.
The town has three schools, one public and two private, in the town, with a total of 739 students as of 2008.[1] The El-Hajj Hospital, which has 28 beds, is located in Ashqout.[1] It is the birthplace of Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1804–1887); Paul Peter Massad (1806–1890); and Rayyane Tabet (born 1983).[3]