Qabeit

Qabeit, Qabaait, (Arabic: قبعيت‎‎) is a village in Akkar District in northern Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims.^[1]

History

The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012.^[2] Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon and is part of a region that has received hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees during the Syrian Civil War.^[2]

References

↑ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
1 2 Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37

External links

Qabaait, Localiban

Akkar District, North Governorate

Capital: Halba

Towns and villages	Al Qamamin Andaket Arqa Aydamun Bebnin Berkayel Bireh Chadra Cheikh Mohammad Chittaha, Lebanon Denbo Fnaydeq Halba El Hed Hisah Kobayat Kouachra Massoudieh Miniara Mish Mish Qaabrîne Qabeit Rahbeh Zawarib

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