Kaferkahel
Kaferkahel | |
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Village | |
| كفرقاهل | |
 Kaferkahel's Mosque (Left) and Church (Right) | |
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| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | El-Koura |
| Area | |
• Total | 67 sq mi (173 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | Not exceed 500 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
Kaferkahel (Template:Lang-ar Kafer-Qãhël) and some says Kfarqahel (Template:Lang-ar Kfar-Qãhël) is a Lebanese village of Al-Koura villages in the North governorate. Characterized by its geographical location as it separates the district of Al-Koura and Zagarta-corner through the valley Qadisha and the river Qadisha. The village is half Greek Orthodox Christian and half Sunni Muslim).[1] There's a church (St.Georges) and a mosque in the center of the village and a little abandoned church on the banks of Qadisha river (St. Elias Template:Lang-ar Mar Illiess), this church is used in July to celebrate Mar Illiess.
River of Qadisha
Quadisha River (Template:Lang-ar Nahr Qadishä) (also known as Abou-Ali River Template:Lang-ar Nahr Abu-A'ali), passes through this village.
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Immigrants
There are a lot of immigrants from Kaferkahel to several countries like:
Canada 
Australia 
USA 
KSA 
Europe 
Brazil
Nigeria
They visit their friends and family in the summer and holidays.
Population
The local population do not exceed 500 inhabitants. And the main families of Kaferkahel are:
- hadid Template:Lang-ar (Biggest Family in the village)
- Al-AshkarTemplate:Lang-ar (Biggest Christian Family in the Village)
- El-Nabbout Template:Lang-ar
- HajjehTemplate:Lang-ar
- Abdul QaderTemplate:Lang-ar
- Semsom Template:Lang-ar
- moufarej
Election of the municipalities of Kaferkahel
On the last municipal elections on 30 April 2010 retired Brigadier General Nizar Abdul Qader Template:Lang-ar won under the chairmanship of the municipality, headed by Mr. Edmond El-Nabbout Template:Lang-ar as vice president, and Al-Mukhtar is Mr. Mufeed Hajjeh Template:Lang-ar
References
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Kfar Qahel, Localiban
