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Chtaura () is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and Syria. It is located halfway on the Beirut–Damascus highway. It is located from Beirut.

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Place details

Locality
شتورا
Region
محافظة البقاع
Country
لبنان
Population
0

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Key facts

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Chtaura
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Lebanon
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bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
280
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Location in Lebanon
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Beqaa Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zahle District
Settlement.government_type
Mayor : Nicolas Assi نقولا عاصي
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Imperial
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Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
+3
Settlement.elevation_m
910

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Elevation
910
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Chtaura
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Chtaura () is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and Syria. It is located halfway on the Beirut–Damascus highway. It is located from Beirut.

Chtaura is the valley's hub for banking, transportation, and commerce, with many hotels and restaurants on the main road. From Chtaura, travelers can depart for Zahlé, Baalbek, or Damascus. ==History== On January 29, 1983, the Israeli-run Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners detonated a car bomb close to the Fatah HQ at Chtaura (also named Shtura), and another in West Beirut, close to the HQ of the left-wing Al-Mourabitoun. Some sixty people were killed and hundreds wounded.

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