Qabeit قبعيت | |
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  Qabeit Qabeit in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:34°26′58″N36°05′46″E / 34.44944°N 36.09611°E /34.44944; 36.09611 | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Akkar |
| District | Akkar |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Qabeit, alsoQabaait orKabiit (Arabic:قبعيت), is a village inAkkar Governorate,Lebanon. The population isSunni Muslims.[2]
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.[3] 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 theSyrian Civil War.[3][4][5]
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