Baskinta
Baskinta is a Lebanese village situated at an altitude ranging from 1250 metres above sea level and climbs up to approximately 1800 meters of height at Qanat Bakish, making it one of the highest villages of Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yasmin Cury, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Baskintā”, “Beskinnia”, “Beskinnta”, and “Biskintā”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bteghrine and Marjaba.
Bteghrine
Town
Photo: Surreallogic, Public domain.
Bteghrine is a municipality in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. Bteghrine is situated 4½ km west of Baskinta.
Marjaba
Village
Marjaba is a Lebanese village located in the Matn District in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. The population is almost exclusively Christian. Marjaba is situated 4½ km southwest of Baskinta.
Mar Mikhayil Banabil
Village
Mar Mikhaël is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the Medawar district of Beirut, Lebanon. It is a fashionable area with cafes, restaurants, art galleries, bakeries and shops. Mar Mikhayil Banabil is situated 7 km southwest of Baskinta.
Baskinta
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.945° or 33° 56′ 42″ northLongitude
35.78801° or 35° 47′ 17″ eastElevation
1,229 metres (4,032 feet)Open location code
8G5QWQWQ+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 4880389174OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Baskinta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بسكنتا”
- Armenian: “Բասքինթա”
- Azerbaijani: “Bəskinta”
- Central Kurdish: “بەسکینتا”
- Chinese: “巴斯金塔”
- Dutch: “Baskinta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بسكنتا”
- French: “Baskinta”
- German: “Baskinta”
- Greek: “Μπασκίντα”
- Irish: “Baskinta”
- Italian: “Baskinta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baskinta”
- Pampanga: “Baskinta”
- Persian: “بسكنتا”
- Persian: “بسکنتا”
- Russian: “Баскинта”
- Russian: “Бискинта”
- Spanish: “Baskinta”
- Tajik: “Баскинто”
- Turkish: “Beskinta”
- Urdu: “بسکنتا”
- Uzbek: “Baskinto”
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