El Qibaa

El Qibaa is a mountain in , and has an elevation of 716 metres. El Qibaa is situated nearby to the area , as well as near the locality .
  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 716 metres
  • Description: mountain in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Al Qub‘”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Toron Castle and Jabal Amel.

Castle
Photo: Tdakroub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in , was a major Crusader castle, built in the mountains on the road from Tyre to . The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee. is situated 3 km east of El Qibaa.

Peak
Jabal Amil is a cultural and geographic region in largely associated with its long-established, predominantly Twelver Shia Muslim inhabitants. is situated 3½ km southwest of El Qibaa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir Intar and As-Sultaniyah.

Village
is a municipality in in the in .

Village
Photo: Mohamad Nayef Marwani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the , in southern , located just north of . It was earlier called el Yehudiyeh. is situated 2½ km east of El Qibaa.

Photo: Tdakroub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality spread across several hills located about 25 km east of , in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel".

El Qibaa

Latitude
33.19778° or 33° 11′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.38194° or 35° 22′ 55″ east
Elevation
716 metres (2,349 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q59XJ+4Q
Geo­Names ID
279109
Wiki­data ID
Q21576529
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“El Qibaa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القبع”
  • Cebuano: “El Qibaa”
  • Dutch: “El Qibaa”
  • Swedish: “El Qibaa”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include El Ouastâni and El Aaqabé.

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