Batha, Lebanon Explained

Official Name:Batha
Other Name:Batha'
Native Name:بطحا
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lebanon
Subdivision Type2:Governorate
Subdivision Name2:Keserwan-Jbeil
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Keserwan
Utc Offset:+02
Coordinates:33.9881°N 35.6592°W
Area Code:09

Batha (ar|بطحا) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 28 kilometers northern the Lebanese capital Beirut,[1] and to the east of Jounieh Bay, with a view of the Mediterranean sea, with average elevation of 580 meters above sea level and total land area approximately 63 hectares.[1] A water spring flows through the pine and oak tree forests to the north of Batha, watering gardens and orchards before emptying in the Mediterranean sea. Ottoman tax records indicate that Batha had 3 Christian households and 2 bachelors living there in 1543.[2]

The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[3] Batha is the hometown of Lebanese painter Michel Elmir (1930–1973) and the hometown of the professor Nidal Elmir

There are many family in Batha that are widely known: Elmir-Oueiny-Soukayem-Chayeb-Mansour family.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Batha. Localiban. Localiban. 2009-07-24. 2008-01-19.
  2. Book: Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah . The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD) . School of Oriental and African Studies . February 1972 . University of London . 288.
  3. Web site: Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban . Localiban . Localiban . 2016-02-12 . 19 . 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf . 2015-07-24 .