Bkeftine

Bkeftine
بكفتين
Village
Map showing the location of Darbechtar within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Darbechtar within Lebanon
Bkeftine
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°23′00″N 35°52′00″E / 34.38333°N 35.86667°E / 34.38333; 35.86667
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Governorate
DistrictKoura District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Bkeftine (Arabic: بكفتين) is a village in Koura District of Lebanon. The population is Greek Orthodox and other confessions.[1] It is 180 metres above sea level, and has an area of 2.6 square kilometres (0.99 sq mi). In 2004 there were 941 residents, of whom 602 were registered voters but just 380 actually voted in the municipal elections.[2]

  1. ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Localiban.org". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2011-06-20.