Falougha

Falougha-Khalouat

Falougha-Khalouat

Place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

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.[1] Falougha - Khalwat Falougha has an average elevation of 1,250 meters above sea level and a total land area of 1,563 hectares.[1] In 2016, Falougha had 3,400 registered voters while Khalwat Falougha had 600.[2]

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There is a public school in the village with 150 students as of 2016 and a local hospital with thirty beds.[1] There are seven companies that each employ over five employees operating in Falougha.[1] 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.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Falougha - Khalouat". Localiban. Localiban. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  2. [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. [3]
    "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
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