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
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
. Its incumbent mayor is Sami Issa.
Geography and Location
Located 80 kilometres away from the capital
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
in the predominantly
Christian district
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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
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{{Jezzine District
Populated places in Jezzine District
Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon