Kfardebian

Kfardebian (Arabic: كفر دبيان‎; also spelled Kfar Dibiane and also known as Moucha'a Keserwan) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1,220 meters above sea level and its total land area is 2,960 hectares.[1] Kfardebian inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Christians.[2]

Kfardebian كفردبيان
Municipality
Kfardebian Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°1′30″N 35°38′1″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon
District	Keserwan
Area
• Total	29.6 km^2 (11.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Warde ski station at 2000m

Kfardebian gathers the oldest and largest skiing resorts in Lebanon and the Middle East, such as Mzaar Kfardebian and Faqra Kfardebian, as well as many historical and touristic sites, such as Qalaat Faqra.[3][4][5][6]

Etymology

Kfardebian consists of two parts: Kfar which is Syriac word means small village, and Debian is another Syriac word, which literally means deers, thus Kfardebian means village of deers.

References

1. "Kfar Dibiane". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
3. Kropp, Andreas J. M. (27 June 2013). Images and monuments of near eastern dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100 (First edition published in 2013 ed.). Oxford. ISBN 9780199670727. OCLC 854181064.
4. "Hitting the slopes at Lebanon's oldest ski resort". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
5. Coles, Frank (2006-03-30). "Secret skiing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
6. "Ambassador Hale Launches Cultural Preservation Grants for Faqra and Jabal Moussa". U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2019-04-03.