It lies right beneath the town of Souk El Gharb.

The village has a small population and is a famous tourist attraction in the summer.

When Mamluks intensified their persecution against Shia Muslims in 1363, a group of Shiites from Beirut (Burj Beirut) settled in Qmatiye and Kayfoun, the only major Shia villages in Aley District.

[2] In 1838, Eli Smith noted the place, called el-Kummatiyeh, located in El-Ghurb el-Fokany, upper el-Ghurb.

[3] Qmatiye's natives are predominantly Shia Muslims with Christian and Sunni minorities.