Qleiat

Qleiat (Arabic: قليعات‎; also spelled Qulaya’at, Qlaiaat, Qliyat, Qleiaat or Kleiat) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 28 kilometers north of Beirut. Qleiat’s average elevation is 1,050 meters above sea level and its total land area is 646 hectares. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.