Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad (Arabic: جورة مهاد-شحتول; also spelled Shahtoul or Shahtul) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It consists of the village of Chahtoul, 32 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 920 meters above sea level and its total land area is 290 hectares.^[1]

Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad جورة مهاد-شحتول
Municipality
Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°1′57″N 35°43′14″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Keserwan-Jbeil
District	Keserwan
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation	920 m (3,020 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.^[2]

Chahtoul is the hometown of the Lebanese writer May Ziadeh. A statue of her is in the village.^{[citation needed]}