Khirbet Selm

Khirbet Selm
خربة سلم
village
Map showing the location of Khirbet Selm within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Khirbet Selm within Lebanon
Khirbet Selm
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°13′45″N 35°25′00″E / 33.22917°N 35.41667°E / 33.22917; 35.41667
Grid position190/292 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Kherbet Selm (Arabic: خربة سلم)[1] is a village in southern Lebanon.

The municipality of Khirbet Selm is located in the Kaza of Bint Jbeil, one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. Khirbet Selm is 104 kilometers (64.6256 mi) away from Beirut the capital of Lebanon. The village's elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft – 688.968 yd) above sea level. Khirbet Selm surface stretches for 379 hectares (12.60 km2 – 9.46294 mi2).[2]

  1. ^ meaning: Selem’s ruin; also the name of a plant, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 28
  2. ^ Khirbet Selm, Localiban