Qabeit, Qabaait, Kabiit, ( ar, قبعيت) is a village in
Akkar Governorate french: Gouvernorat de l'Akkar
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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 Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
. The population is
Sunni Muslims.
History
The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012.
[ Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster]
by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37 Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon and is part of a region that has received hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees during the
Syrian Civil War.
[Smugglers behind Lebanese asylum-seekers deaths of Java]
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Localiban
{{Akkar District
Populated places in Akkar District
Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon