Beit Mellat

Beit Mellat
بيت ملات
village
Beit Mellat is located in Lebanon
Beit Mellat
Beit Mellat
Coordinates: 34°31′47″N 36°09′45″E / 34.52972°N 36.16250°E / 34.52972; 36.16250
Country Lebanon
GovernorateAkkar
DistrictAkkar
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
540 m (1,770 ft)
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total
2,139 eligible voters
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Beit Mellat (Arabic: بيت ملات) is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon.

The population in Beit Mellat are mostly Maronite.[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as Beit Melat, whose inhabitants were Maronite, located south of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.[3]

On September 10 1975, Al Saaka, a group composed of Palestinian and Syrian forces, launched an attack on the village of Beit Mellat, better known as the Beit Mellat massacre,[4] resulting in the tragic loss of lives and kidnapping of several Christian residents and the torching of many houses. The Beit Mellat incident is known for being one of the first mass killing in a series of massacres[5] targeting Christian residents during the Lebanese civil war.

Beit Mellat has one of the highest percentage of Diaspora voters in the Akkar Governorate (15.3%). Nearly half of these voters live in Mexico (44.8%), followed by Australia (12.3%), and France (10.5%).[6]

Notable Personalities from Beit Mellat

Antoun Chahine - Colombian-Lebanese businessman and banker

Robert Chahine - American-Lebanese renowned Cardiologist and Academic Researcher

Salim Layoun - Lebanese Army General

Edmond Abdel Massih - President of the France National Council

Emile Chahine - Lebanese Cinema Critic

Alvaro Chajin - Colombian-Lebanese businessman, CEO of servioptica

Simon Nehme - Mexican-Lebanese businessman

References

  1. ^ a b Beit Mellat, Localiban
  2. ^ a b "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. pp. 16, 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 185
  4. ^ "Lebanon's Legacy of Political Violence" (PDF). ICTJ.
  5. ^ "Des massacres auraient eu lieu dans le nord du pays". Le Monde.fr. 13 September 1975.
  6. ^ "Mapping Lebanon: Data and statistics". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

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