Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad (Arabic: جورة مهاد-شحتول; also spelled Shahtoul or Shahtul) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It consists of the village of Chahtoul. The municipality is located 32 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 920 meters above sea level and its total land area is 290 hectares.[1]

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
جورة مهاد-شحتول
Municipality
Map showing the location of Chahtoul within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Chahtoul within Lebanon
Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°1′57″N 35°43′14″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Area
 • Total2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation
920 m (3,020 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] The major families in Chahtoul include Ziadé, Salamé, Oueiss, Obeid, Kallassi, Najem, El-Khoury, Mnessa, Nader, Rizkalla. Members of many of these families (such as Salamé, Oueiss, and Obeid) migrated to the Qartaba area in Ottoman Lebanon during the Peasant's Rebellion of the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, and the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon.

Chahtoul is the hometown of the Lebanese writer May Ziadeh. A statue of her is situated in the village. Chahtoul is in the Dioceses of Jounieh.

Landmarks
  • Church of Saint-Joseph (town center)
  • Saydet el-Kalaa Church and Lady's Holy Cave

References
  1. "Chahtoul - Jouret Mhad". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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