Kfeir
City in Nabatieh Governorate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Kfeir
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Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E | |
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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 |
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The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25°C. 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.