Qmatiye ( ar, قماطية) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Aley District
Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a district (''qadaa'') in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital is Aley. Aley city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when Aley ...
in the
Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban
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of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
. It lies right beneath the town of Souk El Gharb. It has a small population and is a good tourist attraction in the summer.
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith
Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andov ...
noted the place, called ''el-Kummatiyeh'', located in ''El-Ghurb el-Fokany'', upper ''el-Ghurb''.
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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Main families in the village are:
# - Nassreddine
# - Hamade
# - Jaafar
# - Awada
# - Zarwi
# - Doughaily
# - Salloukh
References
Bibliography
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External links
Localiban
Populated places in Aley District
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