Aaqtanit () is a municipality in the

Sidon District The Sidon District () is a district within the South Governorate of Lebanon. Municipalities The following 53 municipalities are all located in the Sidon District: * Aabra * Al-Aaddoussiyah * Aadloun * Aanqoun * Aaqtanit * Ain ad-Delb * An ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

. It is located 53 km southeast of

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

History

In 1875

Victor Guérin Victor Guérin (; 15 September 1821 – 21 September 1890) was a French people, French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included ...

noted on his travels in the region: "I stop for a few moments at ''A'ktenit''. This village has a population of 400

Maronite Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...

s. The church, dedicated to

St. George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

, is of recent date. Near there, I notice the ruins of a small fort, of which there is still a section of wall, 26 steps long and built with huge blocks, some completely flattened, the others raised with bossing. At the bottom we can see the remains of an ancient reservoir, now filled, next to a spring called ''A'ïn A'ktenit''."

Demographics

In 2014,

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

made up 97.70% of registered voters in Aaqtanit. 86.83% of the voters were

Maronite Catholics The Maronite Church (; ) is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The head of the Maronite ...

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