Kfarhazir

Kfarhazir
كفرحزير
City
Map showing the location of Kfarhazir within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Kfarhazir within Lebanon
Kfarhazir
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 34°18′28″N 35°46′25″E / 34.30778°N 35.77361°E / 34.30778; 35.77361
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNorth Governorate
DistrictKoura District
Highest elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Lowest elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (1953)
 • Total917
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Kfarhazir (Arabic: كفر حزير) is a village in the Koura District of Lebanon. It is 350 meters above sea level, and has an area of 12.1 square kilometres (4.69 sq mi), and is the largest town in Koura District by size, with a population of about 60000.[1] The population are Greek Orthodox and Maronite.[2] In 1953, the town had a population of 917 with 168 households. [3] The current mayor of Kfarhazir is Fawzi Al Maalouf.

  1. ^ Localiban. "Kfar Hazir - Localiban". www.localiban.org. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Sawaya, Salah Michel (March 1953). Household Income and Expenditure in Al-Kura, Lebanon (PDF). Scholarworks (M.A.). Beirut, Lebanon: Economics Dept., American University of Beirut, Lebanon. hdl:10938/3411. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-24.