Ghosta, Lebanon

Ghosta
غوسطا
Ghusta
Municipality
The location of Ghsta as shown within the map of Lebanon
Ghosta

Location in Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°59′28″N 35°40′25″E / 33.99111°N 35.67361°E / 33.99111; 35.67361Coordinates: 33°59′28″N 35°40′25″E / 33.99111°N 35.67361°E / 33.99111; 35.67361
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon
District Keserwan
Area
 • Total 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi)
Elevation 950 m (3,120 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) 09

Ghosta (Arabic: غوسطا‎; also spelled Ghusta) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 36 kilometers north of Beirut. Ghosta's average elevation is 950 meters above sea level and its total land area is 461 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2]

Ghosta has three schools, two private and one public, with a total of 772 students as of 2008. As of 2008, there were eleven companies with at least five employees operating in the village.[1] It is home to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries and its main monastery, and the birthplace of Lebanese pioneer painter, Daoud Corm (1852 – 1930) and of pioneer Lebanese journalist, Philippe Ziade (1909–2005).[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ghosta". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  3. ↑ Khoury, Fayek. (1980). Fifty Years of Journalistic Memories (in Arabic).
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