Kafr Dunin

Kfar Dunin كفردونين
Village
Kfar Dunin Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°14′N 35°24′E / 33.233°N 35.400°E / 33.233; 35.400Coordinates: 33°14′N 35°24′E / 33.233°N 35.400°E / 33.233; 35.400
Grid position	187/293 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Bint Jbeil District
Elevation	580 m (1,900 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Kfar Dunin (كفردونين)^[1] is a village in Lebanon, 102 km from the capital Beirut and 580 m from sea coast remote. Adjacent villages: Deir Kifa, Alkaline, Khirbat Silm, Der Ntar. It is considered first of villages in Bent Jbeil district of Nabatieh Governorate. Its population is 6000 people.

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin noted: "Near a little mosque are well-cut stones, the remains of a demolished church, of which there also survive fragments of monolithic columns and several broken capitals, strewing the soil in several places, and especially near the Sheikh's house.'^[2] He estimated that the village had 350 to 400 Metawileh inhabitants.^[3]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Metawileh, on a hill, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. The water is obtained from a spring near and cisterns in the village."^[4]

References

↑ Meaning: "The village of Dûnîn", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 23
↑ Guerin, 1880, p. 265-265; translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 117
↑ Guerin, 1880, p. 265-265
↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92

Bibliography

Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 96)
Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Kfar Dounine, Localiban

Bint Jbeil District, Nabatiyeh Governorate

Capital: Bint Jbeil

Towns and villages	Ain Ebel Aitaroun At Tiri Aynata Ayta al-Jabal Ayta ash Shab Bayt Lif Bayt Yahoun Brashit Burj Qallawiyah Chakra we Doubiyah Dayr Antar Debel Frun Ghanduriyah Haddatha Hanine Haris Jumayjimah Kafra Kafr Dunin Khirbet Selm Kunin Maroun al-Ras Qalaouiyeh Qaouzah Rachaf Ramyah Rmaich Safad al-Battikh Salhana as-Sultaniyah Sribbin Tebnine Yaroun Yater

Notable landmarks	Wadi Koura Wadi Yaroun

Other sites	Aard el Borj Chalaaboun Douwara Khallet el Hamra

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