There is an ambiguity about the highest Lebanese village, although this ambiguity is not official. Lebanon is a country that has an average altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level, and contains the highest villages in the

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. The main villages of concern are

Bekaa Kafra Bekaa Kafra ( ar, بقاع كفرا) is a Lebanese village located in the Bsharri District in Northern Lebanon. Bekaa Kafra is located in front of the village of Bsharri across the Kadisha Valley. It is the birth town of Saint Charbel. Bekaa Kaf ...

, Ainata,

Kfardebian Kfardebian ( ar, كفر دبيان; also spelled ''Kfar Dibiane'' and also known as Moucha'a Keserwan) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometers north of Beirut. Its ave ...

Laqlouq Laqlouq ( ar, لقلوق), also spelled ''Laklouk'' and also known as ′Arab Laqlouq ( ar, عرب القلوق) is a small mountainous village in mountainous area in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 69 kilo ...

, Tfail, Ouyoun Orghoch, and Souaqi. The information concerning altitudes given below is confirmed and based on

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elevation indicator.

Bekaa Kafra

A village in the

Bsharri District Bsharri District is one of the 7 districts (''qadaa, قضاء'') of the North Governorate, Lebanon. Overview and geography Surrounded by mountains, the Bsharri District sits on cliffs. The district is bordered by the Zgharta and Miniyeh-Danniye ...

. The denomination is a Syriac word composed of “Bekaa” which means “land”, and “Kafra” which means “fertility and goodness”. Consequently, Bekaakafra means the fertile land. * It is the highest inhabited town in Lebanon and the Middle East with an altitude of 1800m. It is also the birthplace of the famous Catholic Maronite Saint Charbel Makhlouf. *From this wonderful sitting, from Bekaa Kafra, on the left side, you can see

Bsharri Bsharri ( ar, بشرّي ''Bšarrī''; syr, ܒܫܪܝ; also Romanized ''Becharre'', ''Bcharre'', ''Bsharre'', (''Bcharre El Arez بشرّي الارز'') is a town at an altitude of about to . It is located in the Bsharri District of the Nort ...

the city and the birth place of the Lebanese – American Philosopher, writer, artist

Gibran Khalil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

(1883–1931). From the same place, you can see the deepest and most beautiful valley in Lebanon Wadi Kadisha, the Holy Valley, where were scattered monasteries, churches, hermitages, and caves. And where the wild flowers and trees grow in abundance. *The Lebanese historian Fouad Efram El-Boustany brings back Bekaa Kafra to the 10th century. According to the study of the “Memory of European Housing institute”, Bekaa Kafra history goes back to 2000 years.

Ainata

Ainata is a village located in Northern Lebanon, between the Bsharri District and the

Baalbek District Baalbek District ( ar, قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having the city Baalbek as its capital. It is by far the largest district in the country comprising a total of ...

Ouyoun Al Siman and Faqra

Ouyoun al Simane and Faqra are both villages in Kfardebian, but they consist only of ski resorts, winter resorts and hotels and villas. They also offer great spots for observing wild mountain-goat behavior.

Tfail

Tfail Tfail ( ar, طفيل) is a village in eastern Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is one of the highest villages in Lebanon. It has a population of about 3,000 Sunni residents and is the most remote village in Lebanon, lying ...

is a very remote village in Eastern Baalbek District

Ouyoun Orghoch

Ouyoun Orghoch is a Lebanese locality located at the Eastern slopes of

Qurnat as Sawda' Qurnat as Sawdā ( ar , القرنة السوداء), is the highest point in Lebanon and the Levant, at 3,088 meters above sea level. It is found at the peak of Jabal al Makmel, a mountain range in the Bsharri District, North Lebanon. Name ...

, and it consists of a lake, a few restaurants, and little houses but virtually no permanent residents. It rises 2100 m above sea level and while it is sometimes considered as a village, it cannot enter the list of the highest villages because it has no official municipality or mayor. It contains a factory for processing and packaging of mountain-goat manure which is plentiful in the region. Populated places in Lebanon