Lehfed
Lehfed لحفد Lihfid | |
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34°9′58″N 35°46′54″E / 34.16611°N 35.78167°E / 34.16611; 35.78167 | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
District | Byblos |
Area | |
• Total | 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,000 m (3,000 ft) |
Lehfed (Arabic: لحفد, also known as Lihfid) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is 55 kilometers north of Beirut. Lehfed has an average elevation of 1000 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares. There were three companies with more than five employees operating in the village as of 2008.[1] Its population, consisting of 2400 inhabitants, 950 of them being electors, is predominantly Maronite Catholic.[2]
Lehfed is the hometown of the Blessed Stephen Nehmé.
Celebrations
- August 2: Feast of Saint Stephen, the town's patron saint
- August 15: Feast of the Assumption of Mary
Places of worship
- Saint Stephen Church (patron saint of the village)
- House of Blessed Stephen Nehmé and its shrines
- Monastery of Saint Saba
- Monastery of Saint Eusebius
- Church of Our Lady
- Saint Elijah Church
- Saint Peter Church
- Chapel of Our Lady
Families
The families native to Lehfed are Nehmé, Ghanem, Abi Khalil, Khalil, Mhanna, Khaled, Khoury, Ziadeh, Saadeh, Challita, Daou, Fadel, Matar and Nohra.
The families of Nehmé, Ghanem, Matar and Daou are descended from Moussa Al-Ghassani, a native of Al-Nabek, Syria and a descendant of the Ghassanid tribe. They came together from Yanouh in the year 1121.
References
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- Aabaydat
- Almat el-Chmaliyeh
- Almat el-Jnoubiyeh
- Amsheet
- Annaya
- Aqoura
- Adonis
- Afqa
- Ain ed-Delbeh
- Ain el-Ghouaybeh
- Ain Jrain
- Ain Kfaa
- Bazyoun
- Bchilleh
- Beer el-Hit
- Behdidat
- Bejjeh
- Bekhaaz
- Berbara
- Beithabbak
- Bichtlida -Fidar
- Bentaël
- Birket Hjoula
- Blat
- Boulhos
- Brayj
- Byblos
- Chatine
- Chikhane
- Chmout
- Edde
- Ehmej
- Fatreh
- Ferhet
- Fidar
- Fghal
- Ghabat
- Ghalboun
- Gharzouz
- Ghorfine
- Habil
- Halat
- Haqel
- Hay el-Arabeh
- Hbaline
- Hboub
- Hdayneh
- Hjoula
- Hosrayel
- Hsarat
- Hsoun
- Jaj
- Janneh
- Jeddayel
- Jenjol
- Jlisseh
- Jouret el-Qattine
- Kafr
- Kfar Baal
- Kfar Hitta
- Kfar Kiddeh
- Kfar Masshoun
- Kfar Qouas
- Kfoun
- Laqlouq
- Lassa
- Lehfed
- Maad
- Majdel
- Marj
- Mastita
- Mayfouq
- Mazraat es-Siyad
- Mechane
- Mghayreh
- Mish Mish
- Mounsef
- Nahr Ibrahim
- Qahmez
- Qartaba
- Qartaboun
- Qorqraiya
- Ram
- Ras Osta
- Rihaneh
- Seraaita
- Souaneh
- Tartej
- Tourzaiya
- Yanouh
- Zebdine
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- Abraham River
- Byblos Castle
- Jaj Cedar National Park
- Laqlouq skiing resort
- Royal necropolis of Byblos
- Temple of Baalat Gebal
- Temple of the Obelisks
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