Bakaata ( ar, بقعاتا; also spelled ''Boqaâta'' or ''Baq'ata'') is a town located in the
Chouf District
Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in ''Jabal ash-Shouf''; french: La Montagne du Chouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon.
Geography
Located south-east o ...
of the
Mount Lebanon Governorate french: Gouvernorat du Mont-Liban
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, about southeast of
Beirut. Its altitude ranges between – high. Bordering towns include
Symkanieh,
Ain wa Zein, and
Jdeidet El Shouf. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...
.
References
Populated places in Chouf District
Druze communities in Lebanon
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