Kfar Falous, also spelled Kfarfalous () is a municipality in the

Jezzine District The Jezzine District () is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon. The capital is Jezzine. Municipalities The following 56 municipalities are all located in the Jezzine District: * Al-Aaishiyah * Aaramta * Aaray * Aazour * Ain al ...

of the

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, about 57 km south of

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. Kfar Falous is known for being home to the unfinished now abandoned Kfar Falous University Complex.

History

In 1838,

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noted ''Kefr Falus'', as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to

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". Following the Israeli retreat after the 1982 invasion, Kfar Falous was the village closest to Sidon in their self-declared security zone. In the early 1980s,

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initiated the Kfar Falous Cultural and Medical Complex project at the village. Partnering with institutions like the Jesuit Université Saint-Joseph and the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB; ) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its main campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers programs le ...

, the complex featured educational, medical, and recreational facilities, and aimed to promote national unity. The complex suffered damage during the 1982 Israeli invasion and was destroyed in 1985 by the

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and the Free Lebanese Army. On 21 June 1990 members of the SLA clashed with fighters from NLA in Kfar Falous. The NLA were the dominant militia in

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. Four of their men were killed.

Demographics

In 2014,

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made up 99.57% of registered voters in Qaitouli. 62.45% of the voters were

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and 30.90% were

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Kfar Falous
localiban Populated places in Jezzine District Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub