Kfarqatra is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Kfarqatra with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.
elevation ~797 m
Kfarqatra is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon roughly 51 km from Beirut.
In Syriac the name means, according to Fariha, 'the village of the covenant or contract'. The associated locality Kfarhammal derives from a Syriac word meaning 'granaries of grain' (its name was written Kfarhammal); the name Bsenneh is likely Syriac from elements meaning 'a protected or walled place', and al-Duwair derives from an Aramaic-Syriac root meaning roundness, 'the round locality'.
Archaeological remains of various kinds, dating to ancient Semitic periods, have been found in the area of Kfarqatra and its surroundings. Its Christians were subjected to displacement during the events of the 1980s; their return after the reconciliations has been only partial and impermanent, for economic reasons tied to the lack of livelihood after farming declined in the town.
area ~100 ha · ~50 km from Beirut
أبو خالد، أبو راجل، أبو عبدالله، عبدالله، بركات، البستاني، أبو نادر، نادر، أبو ناصيف، ناصيف، جدعون، الخوري، ريشا، صالح، عبّود، فضّول، لاون، لحد، معلوف، منذر، نصّار، يونس، حمد، زهر الدين، ضو، نصر الدين، نصر، يزبك
The town of Kfarqatra is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 50 km from Beirut, at around 797 m elevation.
Kfarqatra is about 50 km from Beirut.
In Syriac the name means, according to Fariha, 'the village of the covenant or contract'. The associated locality Kfarhammal derives from a Syriac word meaning 'granaries of grain' (its name was written Kfarhammal); the name Bsenneh is likely Syriac from elements meaning 'a protected or walled place', and al-Duwair derives from an Aramaic-Syriac root meaning roundness, 'the round locality'.
Families associated with Kfarqatra include: أبو خالد, أبو راجل, أبو عبدالله, عبدالله, بركات, البستاني, أبو نادر, نادر, أبو ناصيف, ناصيف, جدعون, الخوري, ريشا, صالح, عبّود, فضّول, لاون, لحد, معلوف, منذر, نصّار, يونس, حمد, زهر الدين, ضو, نصر الدين, نصر, يزبك.
Notable people connected to Kfarqatra include Dr. Layla Sami Barakat, Elias Abu Nassif, Joseph Abu Nassif, Nabil al-Khoury, George Deeb Maalouf.
No providers are listed against Kfarqatra specifically yet. Browse the Chouf directory to reach providers serving the Chouf area.