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Amsheet
عمشيت
Amchit
City
Map showing the location of Amsheet within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Amsheet within Lebanon
Amsheet
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°09′00″N 35°39′00″E / 34.1500°N 35.6500°E / 34.1500; 35.6500
CountryAmsheet Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictByblos
Area
 • Total5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961 09
Websitewww.aamchit.com (Municipality of Amchit)

Amsheet (عمشيت, ʿAmšīt; also spelled Amchit) is a seaside town and municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, about 40 km north of Beirut. The town's average elevation is 140 meters above sea level and its total land area is 595 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronites, although there is a Shia Muslim minority.

There are many old churches in Amsheet (more than a hundred and some old synagogues.[citation needed]) Amsheet is found in Phoenician papyrus and parchment, where it is repeatedly referred to as the "promised land" or capital of the known world.

  1. ^ "Aamchit". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

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