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Kfeir

Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E / 33.42944°N 35.74056°E / 33.42944; 35.74056
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Kfeir
كفير
City
Map showing the location of Kfeir within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Kfeir within Lebanon
Kfeir
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E / 33.42944°N 35.74056°E / 33.42944; 35.74056
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictHasbaya District
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Kfeir (Arabic: الكفير) is a small village 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 Kfeir are predominatly Greek Orthodox and Druze[1], and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.

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References

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  1. ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة الكفير، قضاء حاصبيا محافظة النبطية في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  2. ^ "Lebanon independents celebrate: 'change has begun'". France 24. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  3. ^ 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.

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