Kfar Abida
Fadous
Kfar Aabida _ Fadous كفرعبيدا _ فدعوس | |
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Village | |
 Interactive map of Fadous | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Batroun District |
| Elevation | 660 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 9,613 |
| Postal code | 4107[1] |
| Tell Fadous | |
|---|---|
| Fadaous | |
  Location within Lebanon | |
| 34°13′35″N 35°39′36″E / 34.226389°N 35.66°E | |
| Type | Flint factory[2] |
| Cultures | Qaraoun |
| Location | 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Batroun, Lebanon |
| Region | North Governorate |
| Part of | Tell Fadous |
| Site notes | |
| Length | 800 meters[3] |
| Archaeologists | Maurice Tallon, Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow[4] |
| Public access | Yes |
Kfar Abida_Fadous (Arabic كفرعبيدا _فدعوس), sometimes spelled Kfar Aabida_Fadaous or Kfaraabida_Fad'ous, is a village located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Batroun in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon.[5]
History
[edit]Neolithic
[edit]Located south of the tell, is Fadous -Sud, a Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture.[6][7]
Bronze Age (Tell Fadous )
[edit]Early Bronze
[edit]On the coast, in the southwest of the town, lies an archaeological tell, Tell Fadous. The site may have been part of Byblos (12 km) to the south. Ceramic and architectural similaritiies are found from Sidon in the south to Tell Arqa in the north.
Phase III (EB II) shows a regular layout of the settlement with buildings separated by narrow streets.[8]
Phase IV (EB III) has a different layout where the buildings are spaced farther apart.[8]
Demographics
[edit]In 2014 Christians made up 99.39% of registered voters in Kfar Abida _ Fadous . 92.54% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mapanet postal codes in english". Mapanet. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ↑ Genz, H. and Sader, H. 2007 Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Site of Tell Fadous: Preliminary Report on the 2007 Season of Excavations. Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 11: 7-16., 2007.
- ↑ Copeland, Lorraine (1966). Inventory of Stone Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon. Part two. éditeur non identifié.
- ↑ Rokitta D., A lithic site southeast for Tell Fadous: Preliminary observations. Baal 9 (2005) 100-101.
- ↑ Robert Boulanger (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, p. 178. Hachette. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Fadous-Kfarabida site". fadous-Kfarabida.net. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ↑ "Tell Fadous-Kfarabida | University of Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- 1 2 Hermann Genz (2010) Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
- ↑ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة كفرعبيدا، قضاء البترون محافظة الشمال في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان.
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