Faraya
Sign in to saveFaraya () is a village and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 46 kilometers north of Beirut. Elevation start from 1290 meters to 2000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 870 hectares. Faraya's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Christians.
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Place details
- Locality
- فاريا
- Region
- محافظة كسروان جبيل
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Lebanon
- Settlement.name
- Faraya
- Settlement.native_name
- فاريا
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- Municipality
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- bottom
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- Location in Lebanon
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- Country
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- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mount Lebanon
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Keserwan
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.7
- Settlement.elevation_min_m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Keserwan District
- Area
- +8.7
- Elevation
- +1350
- Image
- Rock formations in Faraya.jpg
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Faraya () is a village and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 46 kilometers north of Beirut. Elevation start from 1290 meters to 2000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 870 hectares. Faraya's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Christians.
==History== According to the 17th-century historian and Maronite patriarch Istifan al-Duwayhi, Faraya was settled by Shia Muslims from Baalbek in the 16th century. Ottoman tax records, which did not differentiate between Muslim communities, indicate the village had 44 Muslim and 17 Christian households and one imam in 1523, 29 Muslim and 9 Christian households in 1530, and 43 Muslim and 16 Christian households in 1543.