Ashqout

Lebanon / Jabal Lubnan / Juniyah /
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Ashqout (also Ashkout, Achkout, `ashqut, Arabic: عشقوت‎ ) is an old Lebanese settlement located in the Keserwan District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The population is Maronite Catholic. It is the birthplace of Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1804-1887) and the Maronite Patriarch Paul Peter Massaad (1854–1890).
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Coordinates:   33°59'27"N   35°42'33"E
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