Moukhtara

Moukhtara is a small town in the of the of . The town's inhabitants are divided between Druze and Maronites. It is the hometown of Walid Jumblatt, the former leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Al Mukhtārah”, “El Moukhtara”, “El Moukhtâra”, “El Mukhtāra”, “El-Mukhtarah”, and “Mokhtara”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boqaata and Ammatour.

Village
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Town
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is a town and municipality in the Shouf District in of .

Village
, is an area in Chouf, , .

Moukhtara

Latitude
33.6575° or 33° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.61444° or 35° 36′ 52″ east
Elevation
812 metres (2,664 feet)
Open location code
8G5QMJ47+XQ
Geo­Names ID
279330
Wiki­data ID
Q2640238
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Moukhtara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المختارة”
  • Arabic: “مختارة”
  • Dutch: “Moukhtara”
  • Dutch: “Moukthara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مختاره”
  • French: “Moukhtara”
  • Hebrew: “אל-מוח’תארה”
  • Irish: “Moukhtara”
  • Italian: “Mukhtara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moukhtara”
  • Persian: “مختاره، الشوف”
  • Persian: “مختاره”
  • Polish: “Al-Muchtara”
  • Swedish: “Moukhtara”
  • Urdu: “مختارہ”

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