Falougha - Khalwat Falougha | |
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Falougha - Khalwat Falougha Location in Lebanon | |
Coordinates: 33°50′15″N 35°44′26″E / 33.83750°N 35.74056°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
District | Baabda |
Area | |
• Total | 1,563 ha (3,862 acres) |
Elevation | 1,250 m (4,100 ft) |
Falougha - Khalwat Falougha (Arabic: فالوغا) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The municipality consists of the villages of Falougha and Khalwat Falougha. It is 35 kilometers east of Beirut.[1] Falougha - Khalwat Falougha has an average elevation of 1,250 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,563 hectares.[1] In 2016, Falougha had 3,400 registered voters while Khalwat Falougha had 600.[2]
There is a public school in the village with 150 students as of 2016 and a local hospital with thirty beds.[1] There are seven companies that each employ over five employees operating in Falougha.[1] Falougha has a mixed population of Druze and Christians from the Maronite, Melkite (Greek Catholic) and Greek Orthodox denominations, while Khalouat Falougha's inhabitants are entirely Druze.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Falougha - Khalouat". Localiban. Localiban. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- 1 2 "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.