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Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar ( or صوفر, ), Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres (4,701 feet), Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus.

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Locality
صوفر
Region
محافظة جبل لبنان
Country
لبنان
Population
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Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar ( or صوفر, ), Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres (4,701 feet), Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus.

Situated near Mdayrej and the peak of Dahr el Baydar, a former ski centre, Sawfar is 27 km from Beirut in the district of Aley, with an average elevation of 1300 m above sea level. It overlooks the Lamartine Valley and adjacent gorges, including Hammana and Falougha.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saoufar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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