Kfar Abida
{{Short description|Village in Batroun District, Lebanon}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Kfar Abida
| other_name = كفرعبيدا
| native_name = Kfar Aabida
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| motto =
| image_skyline =
| imagesize =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_size =
| image_seal =
| seal_size =
| image_shield =
| shield_size =
| image_blank_emblem =
| blank_emblem_type =
| blank_emblem_size =
| image_map =
| mapsize =
| map_caption =
| image_map1 =
| mapsize1 =
| map_caption1 =
| image_dot_map =
| dot_mapsize =
| dot_map_caption =
| dot_x =
| dot_y =
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Lebanon}}
| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = North Governorate
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Batroun District
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 =
| subdivision_name4 =
| government_footnotes =
| government_type =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| leader_title3 =
| leader_name3 =
| leader_title4 =
| leader_name4 =
| established_title =
| established_date =
| established_title2 =
| established_date2 =
| established_title3 =
| established_date3 =
| area_magnitude =
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| area_total_sq_mi =
| area_land_sq_mi =
| area_water_sq_mi =
| area_water_percent =
| area_urban_km2 =
| area_urban_sq_mi =
| area_metro_km2 =
| area_metro_sq_mi =
| area_blank1_title =
| area_blank1_km2 =
| area_blank1_sq_mi =
| population_as_of = 2007
| population_footnotes =
| population_note =
| population_total = 9,613
| population_density_km2 =
| population_density_sq_mi =
| population_metro =
| population_density_metro_km2 =
| population_density_metro_sq_mi =
| population_urban =
| population_density_urban_km2 =
| population_density_urban_sq_mi =
| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
| population_blank1 =
| population_blank2_title = Religions
| population_blank2 =
| population_density_blank1_km2 =
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
| timezone =
| utc_offset =
| timezone_DST =
| utc_offset_DST =
| postal_code_type =
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| iso_code =
| website =
| module =
| footnotes =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 200
| elevation_ft =
| name =
}}
{{Infobox ancient site
|name = Fadous Sud
|native_name =
|alternate_name = Fadaous Sud
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|map_type = Lebanon
|map_alt =
|map_size = 200
|location = {{convert|2|km|mi}} south of Batroun, Lebanon
|region = North Governorate
|coordinates = {{coord|34.226389|35.66|display=inline}}
|part_of = Tell Fadous
|width =
|area =
|height =
|builder =
|material =
|built =
|abandoned =
|epochs =
|cultures = Qaraoun
|dependency_of =
|occupants =
|event =
|excavations =
|archaeologists = Maurice Tallon, Dörte Rokitta-KrumnowRokitta D., A lithic site southeast for Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary observations. Baal 9 (2005) 100-101.
|condition =
|ownership =
|management =
|public_access = Yes
|website =
|notes =
}}
Kfar Abida (Arabic: كفرعبيدا), sometimes spelled Kfar Aabida or Kfaraabida, is a village located {{convert|2|km|mi}} south of Batroun in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon.{{cite book|author=Robert Boulanger|title=The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, p. 178|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sW66AAAAIAAJ|access-date=9 July 2012|year=1966|publisher=Hachette}}
History
=Neolithic=
Located south of the tell, is Fadous Sud, a Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture.{{Cite web |title=Fadous site |url=http://fadous.net/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=fadous.net}}{{Cite web |title=Tell Fadous {{!}} University of Tübingen |url=https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/geowissenschaften/arbeitsgruppen/urgeschichte-naturwissenschaftliche-archaeologie/ina/archaeobotanik/forschung/tell-fadous/#:~:text=Tell%20Fadous%20(Kfarabida)%20is%20an,(American%20University%20of%20Beirut). |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=uni-tuebingen.de}}
=Bronze Age (Tell Fadous)=
==Early Bronze==
On the coast, in the southwest of the town, lies an archaeological tell, Tell Fadous. The site may have been part of Byblos (12 km) to the south. Ceramic and architectural similaritiies are found from Sidon in the south to Tell Arqa in the north.
Phase III (EB II) shows a regular layout of the settlement with buildings separated by narrow streets.Hermann Genz (2010) Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
Phase IV (EB III) has a different layout where the buildings are spaced farther apart.Hermann Genz (2010) Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
Demographics
In 2014 Christians made up 99.39% of registered voters in Kfar Abida. 92.54% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الشمال/البترون/كفرعبيدا/المذاهب/
References
{{reflist}}