Blat () is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjayoun. History In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 183Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137
On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village.Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. pp.278,373
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 88.35% and Christians made up 11.13% of registered voters in Blat. 84.89% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/مرجعيون/بلاط/المذاهب/
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External links Blat , Localiban