title: Benouati
text: # Benouati
  
  Benouati, (Arabic: بنواتي) is a village in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 80 km south of Beirut.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1838, Eli Smith noted Benwateh, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".
  
  