‘Kobayat” is an Aramaic name that means the big pools of water.
 Kobayat is located at the northeast of the Lebanese Republic, 135km away from the capital Beirut.
The area of Kobayat city is almost 70 km2.
 Kobayat had known many populations since a long time. And the populations of the historical periods had left their traces and signs indicating their passage. From the Phoenician to the Roman, to the Byzantine, to the Arabic, to the soldiers of the crusades, to the Ottoman until French.

All its population are all Maronites and they are more or less, 16000 persons. (9200 among them voters in 2009). It is usually full with people during summer but a few stay during the winter.
 
The emigration started since the last decade of the 19th century in direction of Brazil and Venezuela, it continues until our days toward all corners of the world.

The inhabited places vary in altitude of 550 meters height in altitude (Zouk district) to 900 meters (Katlabeh district). The inhabitants are distributed among seven districts, seven parishes and seven mayoralties. The districts-parishes are: Gharbiyeh, Martmoura, South-Zouk (Saydet), Zouk, Dahr, Ghowaya, Katlabeh.