Amsheet
Amsheet is a seaside town and municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, about 40 km north of Beirut. The town's average elevation is 140 meters above sea level and its total land area is 595 hectares.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
- Description: town in Lebanon
- Also known as“‘Amshīt”“Aamchite”“Amchît”“Amchitt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memory of Time and Wax Museum.
Memory of Time
Museum
The Byblos Fossil Museum is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. Memory of Time is situated 3 km south of Amsheet.
Wax Museum
Museum
The Byblos Wax Museum is a wax museum in Byblos, Lebanon. Wax Museum is situated 3 km south of Amsheet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeddayel and Eddeh.
Jeddayel
Village
Jeddayel is a town in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.
Amsheet
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
34.14777° or 34° 8′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.64435° or 35° 38′ 40″ east
UN/LOCODE
LB ACT
Open location code
8G6Q4JXV+4P
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Amsheet” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عمشيت”
- Armenian: “Համշիտ”
- Belarusian: “Амшыт”
- Bulgarian: “Амшит”
- Chinese: “阿姆希特”
- Danish: “Amchit”
- Danish: “Amsheet”
- Dutch: “Amsheet”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عمشيت”
- Esperanto: “Amĉit”
- Finnish: “Amsheet”
- French: “Amchit”
- Greek: “Αμσίτ”
- Hebrew: “עמשיט”
- Irish: “Chamat”
- Italian: “Amchit”
- Japanese: “アムシート”
- Kabyle: “Ɛamcit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsheet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsheet”
- Norwegian: “Amsheet”
- Persian: “عمشیت”
- Polish: “Amszit”
- Russian: “Амшит”
- Turkish: “Amşit”
- Urdu: “عمشیت، لبنان”
- “Aamchit”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Haï et Tîné and El Qâteaa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ra’s ‘Amshīt and En Naboûaa.
Mount Lebanon: Highlights
Learn more about Byblos and Jounieh.
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