Kfeir

Kfeir كفير
City
Kfeir Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E / 33.42944°N 35.74056°E / 33.42944; 35.74056Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E / 33.42944°N 35.74056°E / 33.42944; 35.74056
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Hasbaya District
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Kfeir (Arabic: الكفير) is a small village nestled 900 m above sea level, in Hasbaiya District (Qada'a), an administrative division of Nabatiyeh Governorate (Mohafazah) along the steep slopes of the top of the Jebel Sheikh in Lebanon.

The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25ºC. However, the winters are much colder and the village receives heavy snow. Kfeir's high altitude allows fog to form above the hills even in summer, giving the village a mystical and spiritual scenery.

The inhabitants of Kfeir are Christians and Druze, and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.

Notable people[]

• Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese novelist
• Fares al-Khoury, Syrian politician
• Issam Abou Jamra, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
• , candidate for the 2018 Lebanese general election
• Assaf Abu Rahhal, Lebanese journalist killed in the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash

References[]

• St. George's Youth Organization in Kfeir

External links[]

• http://www.kfeir.com/
• Kfayr Ez Zait, Localiban