Moukhtara
Arabic: المختارة | |
The Jumblatt family palace in Moukhtara, 1861 | |
| Location | 30 miles from Beirut, Lebanon |
|---|---|
| Region | Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| Coordinates | 33°39′32″N 35°36′50″E / 33.658863°N 35.613877°E |
| Part of | Settlement |
| History | |
| Material | tools, flint, bone, ceramics |
| Periods | PPNB, Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1963 |
| Archaeologists | J. Cauvin |
| Condition | ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Moukhtara (Arabic: المختارة) is a small town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The town's inhabitants are divided between Druze and Maronites. It is the hometown of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party.