Middle East
Lebanon
Beqaa Governorate

Aitanite

Aitanite/ Aitaneet is a village in , in the West region. Aitanit is located in the southern region of Lebanon, particularly the .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 6,800 residents
  • Description: village in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “‘Aitaneet”, “‘Ayn Tanīt”, “‘Aytanīt”, “Aaitanit”, “Aaïtanît”, “Aitanit”, “Aïtanît”, and “Aïtanîte”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Qaraoun.

Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the , . It was created near village in 1959 by building a 61 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam in the middle reaches of the . is situated 3½ km northeast of Aitanite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Machghara and Qaraoun.

Village
, also spelled Mashghara, is a town in the of , situated in the and south of the . is situated 3½ km southwest of Aitanite.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village, 85 km from , known for its in the formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the . is situated 4½ km east of Aitanite.

Village
is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of , situated in the and south of the . It lies south of on the . is situated 5 km south of Aitanite.

Aitanite

Latitude
33.56127° or 33° 33′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.67064° or 35° 40′ 14″ east
Population
6,800
Elevation
1,051 metres (3,448 feet)
Open location code
8G5QHM6C+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5211271261
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
277367
Wiki­data ID
Q4699286
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Satellite Map

Discover Aitanite from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Aitanite” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عيتانيت”
  • Arabic: “عيتنيت”
  • Dutch: “Aitanite”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عيتانيت”
  • French: “Aaitanit”
  • German: “Aaitanit”
  • Irish: “Aitanite”
  • Italian: “Aytanit”
  • Persian: “عیتنیت”

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Highlights include Notre Dame and Saint Nicholas Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aitanite”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.