Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh

Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh (Arabic: بيت شاما - العقيدية) is a local authority in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon.

Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh
بيت شاما - العقيدية
Village
Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh is located in Lebanon
Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh
Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°55′13″N 36°01′33″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel Governorate
DistrictBaalbek District
Elevation
1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Beit Shama's population as being predominantly Metawileh.[1]

References
  1. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 144

Bibliography
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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