Chlifa ( ar, شليفا) is a local authority in the
Baalbek District of the
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in
Lebanon.
Chlifa has a dry climate, in the summer temperatures reach 35 °C+ and in the winter they reach a -5 °C in January. They reach a moderate temperature in the autumn and spring (not over 20 °C).
This village has an old Roman palace located on the mountain between Btadhi and Chlifa.
Chlifa has a population of a few hundred people. It is well know for its fruit harvest, particularly th
red dates Other crops include apples, figs, cherries, peaches.
The village is full of life and its famous in the area for having seven churches, indicating its strictly Christian population.
History
In 1838,
Eli Smith
Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andov ...
noted ''Shelifas population as being predominantly
Catholic and "Greek" Christians.
[Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p]
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References
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External links
Chlifa
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Populated places in Baalbek District
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