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(Redirected from Falougha) Place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Falougha - Khalwat Falougha
Falougha - Khalwat Falougha is located in LebanonFalougha - Khalwat FaloughaFalougha - Khalwat FaloughaLocation in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°50′15″N 35°44′26″E / 33.83750°N 35.74056°E / 33.83750; 35.74056
CountryLebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
DistrictBaabda
Area
 • Total1,563 ha (3,862 acres)
Elevation1,250 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. Falougha - Khalwat Falougha has an average elevation of 1,250 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,563 hectares. In 2016, Falougha had 3,400 registered voters while Khalwat Falougha had 600. There is a public school in the village with 150 students as of 2016 and a local hospital with thirty beds. There are seven companies that each employ over five employees operating in Falougha. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Falougha - Khalouat". Localiban. Localiban. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  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.
  3. "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
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