Al-Kfeir

Al-Kfeir الكفير
Municipality
Al-Kfeir Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Hasbaya District
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Al-Kfeir (Arabic: الكفير) is a municipality nestled 900 m above sea level, in Hasbaiya District (Qada'a), an administrative division of Nabatiyeh Governorate (Mohafazah) along the steep slopes of the top of the Jebel Sheikh in Lebanon.

The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25°C. However, the winters are much colder and the village receives heavy snow.

The inhabitants of Al-Kfeir are predominatly Greek Orthodox and Druze,[1] and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.

Demographics

In 2014 Christians made up 50.61% and Druze made up 48.38% of registered voters in Al-Kfeir. 43.09% of the voters were and Greek Orthodox.[2]

Notable people

• Firas Hamdan, one of 12 independent politicians who emerged from a mass anti-government protest movement in 2019.[3] Hamdan was hit in the chest by a lead pellet in 2020 during a demonstration near parliament, days after a deadly explosion struck Beirut's port.[4]
• Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese novelist.
• Fares al-Khoury, Syrian politician.
• Issam Abou Jamra, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon.
• Assaf Abu Rahhal, Lebanese journalist killed in the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash

References

1. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة الكفير، قضاء حاصبيا محافظة النبطية في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
2. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/حاصبيا/الكفير/المذاهب/
3. "Lebanon independents celebrate: 'change has begun'". France 24. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
4. Khzam, Ruba Bou (2022-05-18). "Firas Hamdan, From A Wounded Revolutionary In Front Of Parliament To An MP Inside It". 961. Retrieved 2023-04-16.

Sources

• St. George's Youth Organization in Kfeir

External links

• http://www.kfeir.com/
• Kfayr Ez Zait, Localiban