Jeita

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Near Jaeta (Jeita), Lebanon, 2014.
Near Jaeta (Jeita), Lebanon, 2014.

Jeita (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang".; also spelled Jaaita or Jaita) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of 290 hectares.[1] Jeita's inhabitants are Maronites.[2]

It is well known for the Jeita Grotto which is a popular tourist attraction, as well as the Nahr al-Kalb, a river that runs from a spring near the grotto emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The name Jeita is derived from the Aramaic word Ge’itta, meaning "roar" or "noise".[3]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ja'ita as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".[4]

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  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 193

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