{{about|the village in Lebanon|the village and castle in the coastal mountain of Syria|Qulay'a}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Qleiat | native_name = {{Nobold|قليعات}} | native_name_lang = ar<!-- ISO 639-2 code: "fr" for French, "ara" for Arabic --> | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Lebanon | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the location of Ashqout within Lebanon | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Lebanon | coordinates = {{coord|33.972435|35.714025|region:LB_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Keserwan-Jbeil | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Keserwan | established_title = <!-- Founded --> | established_date = | founder = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6.46 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1,050 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = +961 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Qleiat''' ({{langx|ar|قليعات}}; also spelled ''Qulaya'at'', ''Qlaiaat'', ''Qliyat'', ''Qleiaat'' or ''Kleiat'') is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil 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.<ref name="localiban">{{cite web|title=Qleiaat|url=http://www.localiban.org/article4483.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|access-date=2009-07-24|date=2008-01-22}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban|url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|access-date=2016-02-12|page=19|format=pdf|date=2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf|archive-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> The 17th-century Convent of the Sfeir ''(couvent des Sfeir).'' founded by chevalier Nader Sfeir is located in Kleiat.
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Category:Populated places in Keserwan District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
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