Kobayat
Al Qoubaiyat, Koubeiyat, Kobayat or Qoubayat is the biggest Christian village in the Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Its population is mostly composed of Maronites numbering around 15,000 persons according to the civil state registers.Photo: Jczraiby, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 32,000 residents
- Description: city in Akkar
- Also known as: “Al Qoubaiyat”, “Al Qubayyāt”, “Al-Qoubaiyat”, “Al-Qubayyāt”, “el-Kubeiyat”, and “Qoubaiyat”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andaket and Aydamun.
Andaket
Village
Andaket, Aandqet, is a Maronite Christian village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Andaket is situated 3 km northeast of Kobayat.
Rimah
Village
Rmah is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. The population in Rmah is mostly Greek Orthodox Christian or Sunni Muslim. Rimah is situated 6 km north of Kobayat.
Kobayat
- Categories: municipality of Lebanon, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Akkar, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.56869° or 34° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
36.28034° or 36° 16′ 49″ eastPopulation
32,000Elevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)Open location code
8G6RH79J+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5750147409OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
414026Wikidata ID
Q4704645
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Kobayat” goes by many names.
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