Beit ed-Dine

Beit ed-Dine
بيت الدين
Village
Beiteddine Palace
Beiteddine Palace
Map showing the location of Beit ed-Dine within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Beit ed-Dine within Lebanon
Beit ed-Dine
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°41′44″N 35°34′45″E / 33.69556°N 35.57917°E / 33.69556; 35.57917
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
DistrictChouf
Area
 • Total2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi)
Elevation
860 m (2,820 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961
One of many Courtyards in Beiteddine Palace.

Beit ed-Dine (Arabic: بيت الدين), also known as Btaddine (Arabic: بتدين) is a small town and the administrative capital of the Chouf District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. The town is located 45 kilometers southeast of Beirut,[1] and near the town of Deir el-Qamar from which it is separated by a steep valley. It had 1,613 registered voters in 2010 and its inhabitants are predominantly Christians from the Maronite, Melkite and Greek Orthodox denominations.[2] Beit ed-Dine's total land area consists of 244 hectares and its average elevation is 860 meters above sea level.[1]

The town is well known for the Beiteddine Palace, which hosts the annual summer Beiteddine Festival.

  1. ^ a b "Beit Ed Dine". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  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.