Hadchit

Hadchit is an ancient Phoenician settlement located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of the valley, Wadi Qannoubine Valley.

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Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Lebanon
Also known as: “Hadchît”, “Hadchîte”, “Hadshit”, and “Ḩadshīt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gibran Museum and Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha.

Gibran Museum

Museum

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The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres from Beirut. It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran. Gibran Museum is situated 3½ km east of Hadchit.

Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha

Place of worship

Qannoubine is a medieval monastery located within the Qannoubine region of the Kadisha Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon. Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha is situated 3 km west of Hadchit.

Mar Sarkis, Ehden

Monastery

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In Ehden, Lebanon, Mar Sarkis is a monastery of the Antonins. It is located in the Zgharta District of the North Governorate, in the Qozhaya valley. It overlooks Ehden, Kfarsghab, Bane and Hadath El Jebbeh. Mar Sarkis, Ehden is situated 4 km north of Hadchit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hasroun and Bsharri.

Hasroun

Village

Hasroun is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.

Bsharri

Town

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Bsharri is a Lebanese town located in the district of the same name, North Governorate, situated at altitudes between 1,100 m and 3,088 m. Bsharri is the location of the Cedars of God, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only remaining place where the Cedrus libani tree grows natively.

Bekaa Kafra

Village

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Bekaa Kafra is a Lebanese village located in the Bsharri District in Northern Lebanon. Bekaa Kafra is located above the village of Bsharri across the Kadisha Valley. Bekaa Kafra is situated 3 km southeast of Hadchit.

Hadchit

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.25527° or 34° 15′ 19″ north

Longitude

35.98401° or 35° 59′ 2″ east

Elevation

1,305 metres (4,281 feet)

Open location code

8G6Q7X4M+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5811031494

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

274820

Wikidata ID

Q3068501

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hadchit” goes by many names.

Arabic: “حدشيت”
Dutch: “Hadchit”
Egyptian Arabic: “حدشيت”
French: “Hadchit”
French: “Hadshit”
Irish: “Hadchit”
Italian: “Hadshit”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hadchit”
Persian: “حدشيت”
Persian: “حدشیت”
Spanish: “Hadchit”
Urdu: “حدشیت”

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