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Kfarmelki
كفر ملكي
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3
Area code07

Kfarmelki (Arabic: كفرملكي) (also known as Kafr melki, Kfarmilki), is a town in the Sidon District or Saïda, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā; South Governorate, Lebanon.

Kfarmelki is located in the Kaza of Saida one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas (districts). Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. It's 58 kilometers (36 miles) away from (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. It is 500 meters (1,600 feet; 550 yards) above sea level. Kfarmelki surface stretches for 673 ha (6.73 km2; 2.60 sq mi)

Local Authorities and Skills

The municipality has an elected municipal council for 6 years, composed of 15 members. It has administrative and financial independence but remains under the control and supervision of the central government.

Population and Voters

Kfarmelki (Saida) counted 13,050 residents (estimation). In the last municipal Lebanese elections of 2009, it has accounted 10,425 registered voters of which 4,448 are actual voters.

Educational establishments

The table below provides a comparison of public and private schools locally and nationally. It can be used to assess the distribution of students between public and private institutions both locally and nationally. All data provided on education concerning the 2005–06 school year.

Families

Ghandour, Hammoud, Hamdan, Hamadi, Tawil, Ghoussein, Tabbouch, Hteit, Sawwen, Morsel, Ibrahim, Bahmad, Meir, Khodor, Fayad, Khairiddin, Abbas, Haydar, Hassan, Hussein, Diab, Hoballah, Karaki, Kassem, Ballout, Ghandoura, Alkala, Elmouaalem, Khalil, Shaalen...

About Kfarmelki

  • Height above see level: 400–520 m
  • Distance between it and Saida: 12 km
  • Largest family: Hammoud, Hamdan, Tabbouche, Hamadi, Kheireddine, Ghandour
  • Number of soccer fields: 3
  • Number of mini-soccer fields: 3
  • Number of basketball fields: 2
  • Number of mini-markets: 46
  • Number of mosques: 3
  • Number of official schools: 2
  • Number of private schools: 1

Soccer teams

Al-Majd - Al- Ikhaa - Al- Tadamon - Al-Wehde

Soccer players

Captain Ahmad Ghandour, Mustafa Hamdan, Afif Hamdan, Wafik Hamdan, Ali Hammoud, Mahmoud Hammoud, Mohammad Hammoud, Khodor Bahmad, Abbas Hamdan, Sleiman Morsel, Ali Morsel, Jaafar Morsel, Atef Tabbouche, Hussein Hmade, Abbass Sleiman Ghandour.

Places and sections

Shawran, El-Saha, Ain El-Rijmeh, Moghreaa, El baydar I, El baydar II, El qalaa, Qalliet, El adass, El mrouje, Alwata, Al Edaees.

References

Category:Cities, towns and villages in the South Governorate Category:Sidon District