Ashqout

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Ashqout عشقوت
Administration
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
District	Keserwan District
Geography
Ashqout Location of Ashqout, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°58′60″N 35°42′00″E / 33.98333, 35.7Coordinates: 33°58′60″N 35°42′00″E / 33.98333, 35.7
Elevation	1,250 m (4,101 ft)

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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