Kfarsghab ( known also as Kfar Sghab, Kafarsghab or Kfarseghab; Arabic: كفرصغاب, pronounced[kafarsˤiɣaːb]ⓘ) is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity. The main religion of its residents is Maronite Catholicism.
Kfarsghab is acctually two geographically separated settlements: Kfarsghab, a high mountain village, and Morh Kfarsghab, a plain village, respectively inhabited in summers and in winters. It is a typical organization of pastoral and agricultural Mediterranean communities where seasonal fixed transhumance is still practised.
The Lebanese hailing from Kfarsghab number 20,000 worldwide. 95% of them live outside Lebanon, mainly in Australia and the United States.[1]
^An article on Kfarsghab population by the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star dated of 10 June 2004 by Adnan Al Ghoul, estimates population to 19,000. In Kfarsghab, around 1,000 inhabitants, in Australia 14,000 and in the United States 4,000. Kfar Sghab: Village stays close to its expatriate sons and daughters - Residents are so close-knit they don't sell land to strangers, last retrieved on August 4, 2008.
Kfarsghab ( known also as Kfar Sghab, Kafarsghab or Kfarseghab; Arabic: كفرصغاب, pronounced [kafarsˤiɣaːb] ) is a village located in the Zgharta District...
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Morh Kfarsghab ( known also as Morh Kfar Sghab, Murh Kafarsghab or Mrah Kfarseghab; Arabic: مرح كفرصغاب, pronounced [ˈmurħ kafarsˤiˈɣaːb] ) is a village...
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particularly), and on 9 October. A church is dedicated to him in the village of Kfarsghab in North-Lebanon where his feast day is celebrated on 3 June and 27 August...
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dedicated to Mart Moura among the Maronites of northern Lebanon, in Mayfouq, Kfarsghab, Karm el Mohr, Kobayat, Rachiine, Miziara Bnachii and Bekarzala. There...
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altitude of 1,400 metres (4,593 ft). Some settlements, like Ehden and Kfarsghab, are used during summer periods from the beginning of June until mid-October...
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their villages names in Syriac. Among these Zgharta, Ehden, Bcharre, Kfarsghab and Kfarhatna (Batroun District) have unveiled signs of the names of their...
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the Maronite Church Antiochian heritage. Youakim Moubarac was born in Kfarsghab, Zgharta, Lebanon in a Maronite family of long sacerdotal tradition. His...
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Aintourine عينطورين City Aintourine seen from Kfarsghab - July 2006 Aintourine Location within Lebanon Coordinates: 34°17′06″N 35°57′25″E / 34.28500°N...
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