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Choueifat

Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of in . The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Ash Shuwayfāt”, “Chouaifat”, “Chouaïfât”, “Chouaïfète”, “Choueïfate”, “Chweifat”, “Ech Chouaifat”, “Ech Chouaïfât”, “Ech Choueïfâte”, “Esh Shuweifāt”, “Shoueifat”, and “Shuwayfat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Embassy of Indonesia and Embassy of the Philippines.

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the . The first Indonesian ambassador to Lebanon was Dalindra Aman in 1996. is situated 4 km northeast of Choueifat.

Government office
The in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the to the . Opened in 1996, it is currently located at the W Building on Rue Mar Geries in the southern suburb of Hadeth, part of the in the . is situated 3½ km northeast of Choueifat.

Office building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in , Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. is situated 3 km northeast of Choueifat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kfarshima and Hadath.

Town
Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the of the , southeast of and is part of Greater Beirut.

Village
is a municipality in the of the in . It borders the southern periphery of the Lebanese capital and is considered part of its metropolitan area. is situated 2½ km northeast of Choueifat.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital city of and . was also the capital city of the autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon that existed from 1861 to 1918. is situated 3 km northeast of Choueifat.

Choueifat

Latitude
33.81698° or 33° 49′ 1″ north
Longitude
35.51615° or 35° 30′ 58″ east
Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)
Open location code
8G5QRG88+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5341508424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
278139
Wiki­data ID
Q2477243
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Choueifat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشويفات”
  • Arabic: “شويفات”
  • Dutch: “Choueifat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشويفات”
  • French: “Choueifat”
  • German: “Choueifat”
  • German: “Schujefat”
  • Hebrew: “שוויפאת”
  • Irish: “Choueifat”
  • Italian: “Shueyfat”
  • Japanese: “ショイファット”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Choueifat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Choueifat”
  • Norwegian: “Choueifat”
  • Persian: “الشويفات”
  • Persian: “الشویفات”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шувайфат”
  • Spanish: “Choueifat”
  • Urdu: “شویفات”

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