This article is about the village in Lebanon. For the village and castle in the coastal mountain of Syria, see Qulay'a.

Qleiat (Arabic: قليعات; also spelled Qulaya'at, Qlaiaat, Qliyat, Qleiaat or Kleiat) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 28 kilometers north of Beirut. Qleiat's average elevation is 1,050 meters above sea level and its total land area is 646 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.[2] The 17th-century Convent of the Sfeir (couvent des Sfeir). founded by chevalier Nader Sfeir is located in Kleiat.

References

  1. ^ "Qleiaat". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ "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.


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