Iaat

Iaat is a town and municipality located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of , in the of . The town is famed for its Corinthian column, the Iaat column.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: town in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Ay‘āt”, “Ī‘āt”, “Iaad”, “Îaât”, “Ya’ad”, “Yaad”, and “Yaat”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baalbek and Duris.

Photo: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0.
بَعلبَك is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in and one of the country's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Baalbeck or 'Heliopolis' as it was known is the site of great ancient temples built by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

Village
, also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km. southwest of in the Bekaa Valley, . is situated 5 km south of Iaat.

Town
or Maakne is a town and municipality in , , . is situated 6 km northeast of Iaat.

Iaat

Latitude
34.03459° or 34° 2′ 5″ north
Longitude
36.17397° or 36° 10′ 26″ east
Elevation
1,046 metres (3,432 feet)
Open location code
8G6R25MF+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7566342042
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
273753
Wiki­data ID
Q5980279
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Iaat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيعات”
  • Arabic: “ايعات”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايعات”
  • French: “Iaat”
  • Italian: “Iaat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iaat”
  • Persian: “ایعات”
  • Urdu: “ایعات”

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