Safra, Lebanon

Safra
صفرا
Municipality
Safra

Location in Lebanon

Coordinates: 34°2′15″N 35°38′16″E / 34.03750°N 35.63778°E / 34.03750; 35.63778
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Mount Lebanon
District Keserwan
Area
  Total 3.06 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Elevation 150 m (490 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Safra (Arabic: صفرا) is a village and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 29 kilometers north of Beirut. The village has a total land area of 306 hectares.[1] Safra is perched on a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the Nahr Ibrahim river and the Mediterranean Sea, standing at an average elevation of 150 meters above sea level,[1]

The inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2] The main families of Safra are the Saleh El Nar, Rudy Tarabay, Abi Sejaan, Khoury, Azzi, Hawa and Zgheib. Hawa Chicken, Lebanon's largest poultry producer and distributor, is located in Safra.

References

  1. 1 2 "Safra". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (pdf). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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