Kfarfakoud (Kfarfakud or Kafarfakoud كفرفاقود) is a village in the

Chouf Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf; ) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate ( muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon. Geography Located south-east of Beirut, the region comprises a narrow coastal stri ...

district of

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that lies between the valleys of the coastal Lebanese chain of mountains. The name Kfarfakoud (as the names of other villages of Lebanon) has its origins in Syriac-

aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

language (kfar: land; fakoud: governor, landowner). Historically it is thought that the village was located in the "

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" part of mount Kfarhammil (كفرحمل) and was destroyed totally by an

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in the 6th century AD and was rebuilt in its new place. A well-known legend is that of Ajouz Lkhair (عجوز الخير) the only person who survived the disaster. The neighborhood of the village is almost all green; it has an oak forest at the eastern side. :Altitude: 450m :Population: 5200 :Main Families: Aman Eddine, Nasr, Kamaldine, Zahreddine Practiced religion:

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. Image:Kfarfa9oud-vew.JPG, Kfarfakoud - a view from inside. Image:Kfarfa9oud-up.JPG, Kfarfakoud (2003)- a picture taken from the place the village was located before 6th century A.D. Image:kfarfa9oud-massar.JPG, Stones telling the story.

External links

kfarfakoud.com
Localiban

References

Populated places in Chouf District {{Lebanon-geo-stub