Al-Kfeir
Municipality in Nabatieh Governorate
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Al-Kfeir (Arabic: الكفير, romanized: al-Kfayr) 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.
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 |
The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25°C. However, the winters are much colder and the village receives heavy snow.
Demographics
The inhabitants of Al-Kfeir are predominantly Greek Orthodox and Druze,[1] and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.
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