Qaitouli
Qaitouli is a municipality in the Jezzine District of South Governorate in Lebanon. Qaitouli is about 72 km from the capital Beirut.
Etymology
Qaitouli come from a Syriac word which means "Gods residence".
Demographics
In 2014, Christians made up 99.00% of registered voters in Qaitouli. 64.11% of the voters were Maronite Catholics and 29.51% were Greek Catholics.
Monuments
Monuments in Qaitouli include Mar Mikhael ancient church, heritage houses, an old press, ruins of an old press, and that of old mills.
A visitor to the area can find human traces in the nature such as coal quarries and mines, and purely natural spots including the Mar Gergess spring, the Al-Houwwa in the area of Dahr Al-Makla'a, and the pine woods dispersed around the village.
Of the developmental projects that are helping Qaitouli:
Geology
From a geological point of view, the land of Qaitouli is principally made of sediments that originate from the event of the formation of the Mount Lebanon where parts of the crust was raised from below the Mediterranean Sea to elevations reaching 3,088 m at the Qurnat as Sawda'.
Notable people