{{distinguish|Kafr Debbin}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kfardebian | native_name = كفردبيان | 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 = Keserwan-Jbeil | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Keserwan | established_title = <!-- Founded --> | established_date = | founder = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2 | area_note = | coordinates = {{coord|33|59|11|N|35|46|16|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1,220 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | 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 = }}
thumb|right|Warde ski station at 2000m '''Kfardebian''' ({{langx|ar|كفر دبيان|Kfar Dibiyān}}; also spelled ''Kfar Dibiane'' and also known as mazraat kfardebian) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1,220 meters above sea level and its total land area is 2,960 hectares.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kfar Dibiane|url=http://www.localiban.org/article4478.html|website=Localiban|accessdate=2016-03-29|date=2008-01-21|archive-date=2016-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320054802/http://www.localiban.org/article4478.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kfardebian inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and 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 |accessdate=2016-02-12 |page=19 |date=2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf |archivedate=2015-07-24 }}</ref>
Kfardebian gathers the oldest and largest skiing resorts in Lebanon and the Middle East, such as Mzaar ski resort and Faqra Kfardebian, as well as many historical and touristic sites, such as Qalaat Faqra.
In August 2023, the municipalities of Toulouse, France and Kfardebian signed an agreement of cooperation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Images and monuments of near eastern dynasts, 100 BC-AD 100|author=Kropp, Andreas J. M. |date = 27 June 2013|isbn=9780199670727|edition=First edition published in 2013|location=Oxford|oclc=854181064}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/03/hitting-slopes-lebanon-oldest-ski-resort-170302093027667.html|title=Hitting the slopes at Lebanon's oldest ski resort|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/mar/30/wintersportsholidays.wintersports.lebanon|title=Secret skiing|last=Coles|first=Frank|date=2006-03-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lb.usembassy.gov/ambassador-hale-launches-cultural-preservation-grants-faqra-jabal-moussa/|title=Ambassador Hale Launches Cultural Preservation Grants for Faqra and Jabal Moussa|date=2015-09-15|website=U.S. Embassy in Lebanon|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref>
==Etymology== Kfardebian consists of two parts: Kfar which is Syriac word means small village, and Debian is another Syriac word, which literally means deers, thus Kfardebian means village of deers.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} ==History== In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Kefr Dhibyân'' (كفر ذبيان) as a village located in "''Aklim el-Kesrawan'', Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/193/mode/1up 193]</ref>
==See also== *Qalaat Faqra ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}} {{refend}} ==External links== *[http://www.localiban.org/kfar-dibiane-4478 Kfar Dibiane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406223335/http://www.localiban.org/kfar-dibiane-4478 |date=2022-04-06 }}, localiban {{Keserwan District}}
Category:Populated places in Keserwan District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon Category:Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon
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