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Kfarsghab
Sign in to saveKfarsghab ( known also as Kfar Sghab, Kafarsghab or Kfarseghab; , ) is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity. The main religion of its residents is Maronite Catholicism.
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Under the Mamluks
- Under the Ottomans
- The modern Kfarsghab foundation
- The emigration
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Services
- Construction sector
- Emigrants remittances and support
- Arabic accent
- See also
- Notes
- References
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Kfarsghab ( known also as Kfar Sghab, Kafarsghab or Kfarseghab; , ) is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity. The main religion of its residents is Maronite Catholicism.
Kfarsghab is actually two geographically separated settlements: Kfarsghab, a high mountain village, and Morh Kfarsghab, a plain village, respectively inhabited in summers and in winters. It is a typical organization of pastoral and agricultural Mediterranean communities where transhumance, which is a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures, is still practised.
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