Moukhtara

Moukhtara
Arabic: المختارة
The Jumblatt family palace in Moukhtara, 1861
Moukhtara is located in Lebanon
Moukhtara
Shown within Lebanon
Location30 miles from Beirut, Lebanon
RegionChouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Coordinates33°39′32″N 35°36′50″E / 33.658863°N 35.613877°E / 33.658863; 35.613877
Part ofSettlement
History
Materialtools, flint, bone, ceramics
PeriodsPPNB, Neolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1963
ArchaeologistsJ. Cauvin
Conditionruins
Public accessYes

Moukhtara (Arabic: المختارة) is a small town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The town's inhabitants are divided between Druze and Christians. It is the hometown of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party.