Chouit

Chouit is a village in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Chouit is situated nearby to the village Dahr El Wahech, as well as near Abadiyeh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silk Museum and Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour.

Silk Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut. Silk Museum is situated 3½ km west of Chouit.

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour

School

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour often known colloquially as Jamhour, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is situated 4 km west of Chouit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abadiyeh and Baalchmay.

Abadiyeh is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 16 kilometers east of Beirut. There is one main public highschool in the town, which had more than 500 pupils in 2019.

Baalchmay

Village

Photo: Sinnoissam, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baalchmay is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Chouit.

Beit Mery

Town

Photo: Buthaina Al-Othman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beit Mery is a Lebanese town overlooking the capital Beirut. The town has been a summer mountain resort since the times of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. Beit Mery is situated 4 km north of Chouit.

Chouit

Type: Village
Also known as: “Chouît”, “Chouite”, “Shouit”, and “Shwīt”
Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon, municipality of Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.82982° or 33° 49′ 47″ north

Longitude

35.60741° or 35° 36′ 27″ east

Elevation

641 metres (2,103 feet)

Open location code

8G5QRJH4+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6235025744

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

267237

Wikidata ID

Q12219287

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Chouit” goes by many names.

Arabic: “شويت”
French: “Chouit”
Irish: “Chouit”
Italian: “Chouit”

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Localities in the Area

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