Kahale (), is a mountain village in the district of

Aley Aley () is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon. The city is located on Mount Lebanon, 15km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nickname "Bride of the Summ ...

(Caza Aley),

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, situated 13 km from

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. The population is estimated to be around 11,000 residents, with the majority being

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Geography

Considering the locale and geography of the Kahale this name is suited well. A valley extends from the Sh'har west side of the Kahale into the Rjoum, eastern side of the Kahale.

History

In 1838,

Eli Smith Eli Smith (September 13, 1801 – January 11, 1857) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. Biography Smith was born in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (née Whitney) Smith. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from A ...

noted the place, called ''el-Kahhaleh'', located in ''El-Ghurb el-Fokany''; ''Upper el-Ghurb''.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
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Religion

Kahale has a predominantly Maronite Catholic population. The village has three churches: *Mar Elias (مار الياس ) *Our Lady (السيدة) *Mar Antonios (مار انطونيوس) This in addition to

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco, SDB (; ; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco or Dom Bosco ( IPA: ), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill eff ...

monastery and school, and

Saint Charbel Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. (, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from modern-day Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, an ...

Home for the elderly which is now closed.

References

Bibliography

*Abi Khalil, Charbel. (1997). ''History of the Kahale''. Beirut: The Arabic Press. *

External links

Kahhaleh
Localiban *https://web.archive.org/web/20060901151618/http://www.kahale.net/ {{lebanon-geo-stub Populated places in Aley District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon