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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Amsheet”, “‘Amshīt”, “Aamchite”, “Amchît”, and “Amchitt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memory of Time and Wax Museum.
Memory of Time
Museum
Photo: william, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Byblos Fossil Museum is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. Memory of Time is situated 3 km south of Amsheet.
Wax Museum
Museum
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Byblos Wax Museum is a wax museum in Byblos, Lebanon. It displays wax statues and life scenes from the Phoenician era to the modern times. Wax Museum is situated 3 km south of Amsheet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeddayel and Eddeh.
Jeddayel
Village
Photo: Georges Aoun, CC BY 3.0.
Jeddayel is a town in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 4 km north of Byblos. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox and Maronite Christians. Its population is about 1,500.
Eddeh
Village
Photo: Jimy86leb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edde or Eddé village is located 45 km north of Beirut, Lebanon. It rises to an altitude of 210 metres of sea level and covers an area of 398 acres.
Byblos
Photo: Karimsaad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Byblos, also known by its Arabic name of Jbeil, is an ancient Phoenician city located about 35 kilometers north of the capital Beirut in modern day Lebanon. The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular daytrip from the capital.
Amsheet
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“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”
- “Aamchit”
- “Amsheet”
- “Chamat”
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.
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