Bodai
Bodai | |
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Town | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa Governorate |
| District | Baalbeck District |
| Elevation | 3,540 ft (1,080 m) |
| Population Estimate | |
| • Total | 8,000[2] |
Bodai is a Lebanese town in the Baalbek District, Beqaa Governorate (foothills of Mount Lebanon), situated west of the Litani River. Bodai is located 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the ancient city of Baalbek and 26 km (16 miles) from the Lebanese–Syrian border[3] and is 90 kilometers (55.926 mi) away from the capital of Beirut.[4] Bodai, which sits in the foothills of the Mount Lebanon range, has a spectacular view across the Beqaa Valley toward the city of Baalbek, and the Anti-Lebanon range that divides Lebanon from Syria.[5]
History and etymology
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There is a possibility that the etymology of the town's present day name Bodai could be traced to the time of the French Crusaders' County of Tripoli within Mount Lebanon region and the possibility that the French Crusaders named the village or the area after the Maison Boudai,[6] situated within Montbozon, a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
The main religions of the town are Shiites followed by Maronites and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
A significant percentage of the town population have migrated to the capital city of Beirut. Also, a significant percentage of the town population have migrated overseas to countries such as Brazil, Argentina, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Gulf Arab states and European Union (UK and France). Migration figures are high to even suggest that every family in the town would at least have or know of one friend or relative that have migrated to another country.
Notable people
Families
- Chamas (Chammas)
- Kanaan (Kanan, Canaan)
- Mazloun (Mazloum)
- Nassif (Nassife)
- Yazbek (Yazbeck)
See also
References
Capital: Baalbek | ||
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- Populated places in Lebanon
- Populated places in the Baalbek District
- Baalbek District
- Populated places in the Beqaa Governorate
- Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon
- Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
- Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon
- World Heritage Sites in Lebanon
- Archaeological sites in Lebanon
- Great Rift Valley
- Phoenician cities
- Phoenician sites in Lebanon
- Populated places established in the 7th millennium BC
- Roman sites in Lebanon
- 7th-millennium BC establishments in Asia