Country: Lebanon
Detailed information about Al Rafid town in Lebanon.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningAl-RafidFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchAl-Rafid. View from Mount Qaroun towards the East.Al-Rafid, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (sometimes prounounced plainly as Rafid) (Arabic: ÇáÑÝíÏ) is a town in the south-eastern portion of the Bekaa, a governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Al-Rafid is part of the Rachaya municipal district. Its population is estimated to be 3000. It is a wholly Sunni Muslim town with two mosques, two schools, and a telecommunications facility.The oldest part of the town lies halfway up Mount Qaroun (Jabal al-Qaroun) on the eastern slope. It is widely accepted by the inhabitants of the town that the town was originally located on the top of the mountain but was re-located after a civil strife had subsided over 400 years ago.Neighboring towns include Beri, Muhaydhi, Khirbet-Rouha, and Mdouckha. The town is located about 80km from Beirut and 40km from Damascus, Syria. From Al-Rafid, Jabal -Al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) can be seen with its majestic snow-capped peak.The town was occupied first by PLO forces in the late 1970s, then by Israeli forces in the early 1980s. Before Israels invasion, the town suffered from Israeli warplane attacks. In one incident, the school was bombed, killing a mother and her 4 children. Israel claimed that the school was being used as a base for PLO forces.Prominent family names include: Ahmad, Akashi, El-Kadri, Farhat, Hajj, Hazimi, Kassem, Farage, Dghaish, Bakry, Abu-shamey, Abdal-khaliq, Hamzey, Abu-mourad, Wehbe, 3watha, Sh7adi, Jinanee, (d3eish, ahmad, 3watha, Qassem, Hamza, Sh7adi)All 6 names consist of one family #160;This Lebanon location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-RafidCategories: Cities and villages in Lebanon | Lebanon geography stubsViews Article Discussion Edit this page HistoryPersonal toolsSign in / create accountNavigationMain PageCommunity PortalFeatured articlesCurrent eventsRecent changesRandom articleHelpContact WikipediaDonationsSearchToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkCite this articleIn other languagesNorsk (bokm?l) This page was last modified 17:25, 24 September 2006.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.)Wikipedia reg; is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Privacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers
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