Kfarsghab
كفرصغاب | |
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City | |
 Kfarsghab as seen from Aintourine - August 2003 | |
  Kfarsghab Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°16′42″N 35°57′44″E / 34.27833°N 35.96222°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Zgharta District |
| Elevation | 1,380 m (4,530 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 1304 |
| Dialing code | +961 - 6 |
Kfarsghab ( known also as Kfar Sghab, Kafarsghab or Kfarseghab; Arabic: كفرصغاب, pronounced [kafarsˤiɣaːb] ) 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.
The Lebanese hailing from Kfarsghab number 20,000 worldwide. 95% of them live outside Lebanon, mainly in Australia and the United States.[1]
- ^ An article on Kfarsghab population by the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star dated of 10 June 2004 by Adnan Al Ghoul, estimates population to 19,000. In Kfarsghab, around 1,000 inhabitants, in Australia 14,000 and in the United States 4,000. Kfar Sghab: Village stays close to its expatriate sons and daughters - Residents are so close-knit they don't sell land to strangers, last retrieved on August 4, 2008.