Kfarfakoud (Kfarfakud or Kafarfakoud كفرفاقود) is a village in the
Chouf district of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
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
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
language (kfar: land; fakoud: governor, landowner).
Historically it is thought that the village was located in the "
Khalwat Khalwa (Arabic, also khalwat; lit., "solitude"; pronounced in Iran, "khalvat"; spelling in Turkish, ''halvet'') has several meanings in Sufism, Islamic jurisprudence, and the Druze religion, which in some way derive from the concept of being alon ...
" part of mount
Kfarhammil (كفرحمل) and was destroyed totally by an
earthquake
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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: 2200
:Main Families: Amaneddine, Nasr, Kamaldine, Zahreddine Practiced religion:
Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...
.
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.
References
External links
kfarfakoud.com
Localiban
Populated places in Chouf District
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