# Faraya

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Faraya, Lebanon
| native_name        = فاريا، لبنان
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| subdivision_name1  = [Mount Lebanon](/source/Mount_Lebanon_Governorate)
| subdivision_type2  = [District](/source/Districts_of_Lebanon)
| subdivision_name2  = [Keserwan](/source/Keserwan_District)
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'''Faraya''' ({{langx|ar|فاريا|Fārayā}}) is a village and municipality in the [Keserwan District](/source/Keserwan_District) of the  [Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate](/source/Keserwan-Jbeil_Governorate), [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon). It is located 46 kilometers north of [Beirut](/source/Beirut). Elevation start from 1290 meters to 2000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 870 [hectare](/source/hectare)s.<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 Christian](/source/Maronites)s.<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](/source/Istifan_al-Duwayhi), Faraya was settled by [Shia Muslim](/source/Shia_Muslim)s from [Baalbek](/source/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](/source/Lebanese_Forces) (LF) stronghold. In 1989 it was reported that the LF had a secret base in Wadi [Chabrouh](/source/Chabrouh_Dam), north of Faraya, where they held a number of [Frog missiles](/source/9K52_Luna-M).<ref>[Middle East International](/source/Middle_East_International) No 351, 26 May 1989, Publishers [Lord Mayhew](/source/Christopher_Mayhew), [Dennis Walters MP](/source/Dennis_Walters); [Jim Muir](/source/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](/source/Phoenician_language) due to its soil fertility. Faraya is located in the Keserwan District in Lebanon, 42&nbsp;km away from Beirut, and 20&nbsp;km away from [Jounieh](/source/Jounieh), Faraya has an altitude ranging from 1200 m to 2000 m. The road to Faraya from the coastal highway passes through [Ajaltoun](/source/Ajaltoun), [Ashqout](/source/Ashqout), [Faytroun](/source/Faitroun), Mairouba, and Hrajel and 5 min to mzaar ski resort

In 2007, the [Chabrouh Dam](/source/Chabrouh_Dam) was inaugurated creating one of the highest [reservoir](/source/reservoir)s 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>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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

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