{{Infobox settlement | name = Faraya, Lebanon | native_name = فاريا، لبنان | settlement_type = Municipality | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Lebanon <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lebanon | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Mount Lebanon | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Keserwan | established_title = <!-- Founded --> | established_date = | founder = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 8.7 | area_note = | coordinates = {{coord|34|0|44|N|35|49|26|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = 1200 | elevation_max_m = 2000 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2700 | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = +961 | website = | footnotes = | image_skyline = The village of faraya.jpg | image_caption = View of Faraya, 2010 }} '''Faraya''' ({{langx|ar|فاريا|Fārayā}}) is a village and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 46 kilometers north of Beirut. Elevation start from 1290 meters to 2000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 870 hectares.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faraya|url=http://www.localiban.org/article4439.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|access-date=2016-02-12|date=2008-01-19|archive-date=2016-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317020302/http://www.localiban.org/article4439.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Faraya's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Christians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban |url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf |website=Localiban |publisher=Localiban |access-date=2016-02-12 |page=19 |format=pdf |date=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-24 }}</ref>
==History== According to the 17th-century historian and Maronite patriarch Istifan al-Duwayhi, Faraya was settled by Shia Muslims from Baalbek in the 16th century.{{sfn|Bakhit|1972|p=75}} Ottoman tax records, which did not differentiate between Muslim communities, indicate the village had 44 Muslim and 17 Christian households and one imam in 1523, 29 Muslim and 9 Christian households in 1530, and 43 Muslim and 16 Christian households in 1543.{{sfn|Bakhit|1972|p=275}}
During the civil war Faraya was a Lebanese Forces (LF) stronghold. In 1989 it was reported that the LF had a secret base in Wadi Chabrouh, north of Faraya, where they held a number of Frog missiles.<ref>Middle East International No 351, 26 May 1989, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.11,12</ref>
In 2017, Lebanon's largest statue of Saint Charbel was inaugurated making it one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Lebanon.
==Geography== The name "Faraya" stands for "The land of fruits and vegetables" in Phoenician due to its soil fertility. Faraya is located in the Keserwan District in Lebanon, 42 km away from Beirut, and 20 km away from Jounieh, Faraya has an altitude ranging from 1200 m to 2000 m. The road to Faraya from the coastal highway passes through Ajaltoun, Ashqout, Faytroun, Mairouba, and Hrajel and 5 min to mzaar ski resort
In 2007, the Chabrouh Dam was inaugurated creating one of the highest reservoirs in the Middle-east region, but as a result, flooded more than three quarter of the orchards.
===Climate=== In winter, Faraya has a cold climate with snow accumulations that can reach more than {{convert|1.5|m|ft|sigfig=1}} and temperature drops to {{convert|-6|°C}} or lower in winter. In summer temperatures can reach over {{convert|30|°C}} in
{{Weather box |width = auto |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |location = Faraya
|Jan high C = 7.8 |Feb high C = 8.4 |Mar high C = 11.4 |Apr high C = 15.9 |May high C = 20.3 |Jun high C = 24.8 |Jul high C = 26.6 |Aug high C = 27.8 |Sep high C = 25.0 |Oct high C = 21.1 |Nov high C = 15.7 |Dec high C = 10.3
|Jan mean C = 4.2 |Feb mean C = 4.7 |Mar mean C = 7.1 |Apr mean C = 11.1 |May mean C = 15.1 |Jun mean C = 19.4 |Jul mean C = 21.1 |Aug mean C = 22.3 |Sep mean C = 19.5 |Oct mean C = 16.0 |Nov mean C = 11.4 |Dec mean C = 6.7
|Jan low C = 0.7 |Feb low C = 1.0 |Mar low C = 2.9 |Apr low C = 6.4 |May low C = 9.9 |Jun low C = 14.1 |Jul low C = 15.7 |Aug low C = 16.9 |Sep low C = 14.0 |Oct low C = 11.0 |Nov low C = 7.2 |Dec low C = 3.1
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 269 |Feb precipitation mm = 231 |Mar precipitation mm = 206 |Apr precipitation mm = 87 |May precipitation mm = 34 |Jun precipitation mm = 2 |Jul precipitation mm = 1 |Aug precipitation mm = 1 |Sep precipitation mm = 6 |Oct precipitation mm = 39 |Nov precipitation mm = 119 |Dec precipitation mm = 222
|source = Climate-Data.org<ref name=NS>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/asia/lebanon/qada-kisrwan/faraiya-419273/ |title = Climate: Faraya |date=November 2011}} </ref> }}
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==Bibliography== *{{cite thesis |last=Bakhit |first=Muhammad Adnan Salamah |title=The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century |publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=February 1972 |type=PhD}}
{{Keserwan District}}
Category:Populated places in Keserwan District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon