Qaa

For the pharaoh, see Qa'a. For other uses, see Qaa (disambiguation).
Qaa
القاع
El Qaa, Al Qaa
Qaa is located in Lebanon
Qaa
Qaa
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°20′37″N 36°28′32″E / 34.34361°N 36.47556°E / 34.34361; 36.47556
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel
DistrictBaalbek
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorBachir Matar
Area
 • Total4.98 sq mi (12.91 km2)
Elevation
2,156 ft (657 m)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total500
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3
Qaa
Alternative nameEl Qaa
LocationBeqaa Valley, Lebanon
Part ofType site
History
PeriodsShepherd Neolithic
Site notes
ArchaeologistsM. Billaux, Henri Fleisch
Conditionruins
Public accessYes
Shepherd Neolithic flint tools discovered at Kamouh el Hermel. 1. End scraper on a flake. 2. Transverse scraper and awl on a thin flake. 3. Borer on a flake blade. 4. Burin with a wide working edge on a heavy flake. All in matt brown flint.

Qaa (Arabic: القاع), El Qaa, Al Qaa, Qaa Baalbek or Masharih al-Qaa is a town in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.[2] A 2010 report stated that population of the settlement was 500, all Lebanese Maronites.

  1. ^ "The Forgotten Turks: Turkmens of Lebanon" (PDF). Centre for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. Feb 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  2. ^ L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 49. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.