Kfar Falous

Kfar Falous كفرفالوس Kfarfalous
Kfar Falous Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°32′37″N 35°28′32″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Jezzine District
Area [1]
• Total	2.72 sq mi (7.04 km^2)
Elevation [1]	1,350 ft (410 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Kfar Falous, also spelled Kfarfalous (Arabic: كفرفالوس) is a small village in the Jezzine District of the South Governorate of Lebanon, about 57 km south of Beirut.^[1] Kfar Falous is known for being home to the unfinished now abandoned Kfar Falous University Complex.^[2]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kefr Falus, as a village located in "Aklim et-Tuffah, adjacent to Seida".^[3]

Following the Israeli retreat after the 1982 invasion, Kfar Falous was the village closest to Sidon in their self-declared security zone.^[4]

In the early 1980s, Rafic Hariri's Future Movement initiated the Kfar Falous Cultural and Medical Complex project at the village. Partnering with institutions like the Jesuit Université Saint-Joseph and the American University of Beirut, the complex featured educational, medical, and recreational facilities, and aimed to promote national unity. The complex suffered damage during the 1982 Israeli invasion and was destroyed in 1985 by the Lebanese Forces and the Free Lebanese Army.^[5]

On 21 June 1990 members of the SLA clashed with fighters from NLA in Kfar Falous. The NLA were the dominant militia in Sidon. Four of their men were killed.^[6]

Demographics

In 2014, Christians made up 99.57% of registered voters in Qaitouli. 62.45% of the voters were Greek Catholics and 30.90% were Maronite Catholics.^[7]

References

1. Kfar Falous, localiban
2. "Kfar Falousِ". Baldati. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 187
4. Middle East International No 259, 27 September 1985, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.7,8
5. Arsan, Andrew (2018). Lebanon: a country in fragments (First published in the United Kingdom ed.). London: Hurst & Company. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-1-84904-700-5.
6. Middle East International No 380, 21 June 1990, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Fourteen days in brief p.14
7. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة كفرفالوس، قضاء جزين محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

• Kfar Falous, localiban