Batha () is a village in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of

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. It is located 28 kilometers northern the Lebanese capital

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, and to the east of Jounieh Bay, with a view of the Mediterranean sea, with average elevation of 580 meters above sea level and total land area approximately 63

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s. A water spring flows through the pine and oak tree forests to the north of Batha, watering gardens and orchards before emptying in the Mediterranean sea. Ottoman tax records indicate that Batha had 3 Christian households and 2 bachelors living there in 1543. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Maronite Catholics. Batha is the hometown of Lebanese painter Michel Elmir (1930–1973) and the hometown of the professor Nidal Elmir There are many family in Batha that are widely known: Elmir-Oueiny-Soukayem-Chayeb-Mansour family.

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Populated places in Keserwan District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon {{lebanon-geo-stub