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Lebanon
North Lebanon

Hamat

Hamat is a village in . It is located 287 meters high on the historic Ras ash-Shaq'a. It is home to the historic shrine and monastery of Our Lady of Nourieh.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Hâmât” and “Ḩāmāt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mussaylha Fort and Wujah Al Hajar.

Photo: بانزو, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mseilha Fort is a historic fortification located in Northern Lebanon, strategically positioned on the right bank of the Al-Jaouz River, in Hamat, approximately 2.5 kilometers northeast of the city of in North Lebanon.

Aerodrome
Hamat Air Base, formerly known as Pierre Gemayel International Airport, is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, . It was built in the mid-1970s. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selaata and Batroun.

Village
is a village in the Batroun district of the in . The town is approximately 45 km north of and approximately 3 km north of . is situated 2½ km west of Hamat.

Photo: TheGrg, CC0.
(Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرُون al-Batrūn, ancient Botrys, is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of District.

Town
is a coastal town located in North Lebanon. It is located north of Râs ach-Chaq’a’ and Herri beaches, or Theoprosopon of classical times and south of the ancient Phoenician port of Enfeh and the city of . is situated 6 km northeast of Hamat.

Hamat

Latitude
34.28481° or 34° 17′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.69215° or 35° 41′ 32″ east
Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)
Open location code
8G6Q7MMR+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6329802199
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
274673
Wiki­data ID
Q3424893
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Hamat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حامات”
  • Dutch: “Hamat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حامات”
  • French: “Hamat”
  • German: “Hamat”
  • Irish: “Hamat”
  • Italian: “Hamat”
  • Japanese: “ハーマート”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hamat”
  • Norwegian: “Hamat”
  • Persian: “حامات”

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