Kfarfalous, also spelled Kfar Falous ( ar, كفر فالوس) is a small village in the
Jezzine District
The Jezzine District ( ar, قضاء جزين) is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon. The capital is Jezzine
Jezzine ( ''Jizzīn'') is a town in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut. It is the capital of Jezzine Distric ...
of the
South Governorate
South Governorate ( ar, الجنوب; transliterated: al-Janub) is one of the governorates of Lebanon. South Lebanon has a population of 500,000 inhabitants and an area of 929.6 km2. The capital is Sidon. The lowest elevation is sea-level ...
of
Lebanon
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, about 57 km south of
Beirut
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.
[ Kfarfalous is known for being home to the unfinished now abandoned Kfarfalous University Complex.
]
History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Kefr Falus'', as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida
Sociedad Española de Importación y Distribución de Automóviles (S.E.I.D.A. or, more commonly, Seida) was a Spanish cars and trucks dealer and coachbuilder that later evolved into making integral chassisless motorcoaches. In 1998, it was subsume ...
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Following the Israeli retreat after the 1982 invasion, Kfar Falous was the village closest to Sidon in their self-declared security zone.
On 21 June 1990 members of the SLA clashed with fighters from NLA in Kfar Falous. The NLA were the dominant militia in Sidon
Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...
. Four of their men were killed.[Middle East International No 380, 21 June 1990, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Fourteen days in brief p.14]
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Kfar Falous
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Populated places in Jezzine District
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