Kfarhouna, ( ar, كفر حونة), also known as Kfar Houneh or Kfar Houné, is a town 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

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. Its incumbent mayor is Sami Issa.

Geography and Location

Located 80 kilometres away from the capital

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in the predominantly Christian

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of Jezzine, the population of Kfarhouna mainly consists of Melkite Greek Catholics and Shiite Muslims. The town's altitude ranges between 1100 and 1400 metres above sea level

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Kefr Huneh'' as a village by Jezzin, "East of et-Tuffa".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
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Etymology

The name of this town comes from the

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

'Kfar Ahoneh', which means "young brothers' village" according to local legend.

References

Bibliography

* {{Jezzine District Populated places in Jezzine District Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon