Kfartay (or Kfertay) is a town in
Matn District in
Lebanon. Also "''Kfartay''" is another town located in
Keserwan District
Etymology
There are two likely theories for the origin of the word ''Kfertay'':
* It is a
compound word, where "''Kfer''" means " a town" and "''tay''" means "the miserable" and thus it implies "the town of the miserable".
* The second part might have stemmed from the word "tay", a
Bedwin Aramaic tribe that might have lived in the town at some point. Lebanon is home to two Kfertay towns, one in
Matn
Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism)
consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...
and another in Kessrouan.
Location
Kfertay is located in the
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at .
Geography
The Mount Le ...
Mohafaza at an altitude of 1200 m above the
sea level. It lies east of the
Mediterranean Sea and 45 km from
Beirut and spreads across 300 hectares. The coordinates of this town are 33.9271° N, 35.5864° E.
Economic activities
At first, Kfertay's residents used to rely on
agriculture but soon shifted to
commerce and free professions or held jobs in both public and private sectors, which resulted in neglected land. In the past few years, Kfertay attracted scores of
Khalijis who bought property and built homes, thus stirring momentum in the town.
The number of registered inhabitants in the town's personal status register is estimated at 800 people belonging to the
Catholic and
Maronite
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...
community. Kfertay includes 80 houses and 5 commercial shops.
Education
There are no schools in Kfertay and its students are educated in neighboring towns.
Archaeological sites
The town includes stone tombs and
sarcophagi from the
Ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...
era with engraved inscriptions.
References
External links
Kfar Tay Localiban
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Populated places in the Matn District