Kfar Hatta كفرحتى Kfarhata/ Kfarhatta | |
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Municipality | |
  Kfar Hatta Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°30′9″N35°27′8″E / 33.50250°N 35.45222°E /33.50250; 35.45222 | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Sidon |
| Elevation | 1,150 ft (350 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Kfar Hatta (Arabic:كفرحتى) is a municipality located in theSidon District of theSouth Governorate inLebanon.[1] It is located 8 kilometres east ofSidon.
Settlement here has ranged from as far back as theRomans, as seen by the once presentRoman aqueducts (destroyed). There is also a small empty tomb cave to the east of the village cut out of the rock. The village also has the claimed tomb of aprophet, Nabi Nasser, however this is unknown if it is a prophets tomb at all. In the area around Nabi Nasser there used to be ruins of a city or town that could date to the 2nd century AD, with many clay pots, oil lamps, and Roman coinage found around it.[citation needed] In 1838,Eli Smith notedKefr Hatta as a village byJezzin, "East of et-Tuffa".[2]
The main village was destroyed in an earthquake in 1956, so the villagers built south of the graveyard. There are threemosques in the village. The newest mosque was built in the 1960s, with two mosques to the north in the old area old the village, the newer of them dating before 1956 and still standing with some use, and the older being in ruins.
It is bordered from the south with a large valley which contains many caves and the river of Nahar Sainik, to the south east the village ofKfar Beit, further to the east is the village ofKfar Melki, to the north west is the village ofMjaydel, and by Hassaniyeh to the north.
The village also has an'ain, Ain al Nabi (Spring of the Prophet, referring to the Nabi Nasser) to the south.
The village is split into three. To the west is 'Isoof (عسوف) the newer part of the village. Main Kfar Hatta is around the mosque, and Al-Krom (الكروم), to the east. Isoof was designed by the government after the earthquake.
The original name of the village used to be Kfar Hiti (Arabic: كفر حتِي) but slowly evolved into Kfar Hatta due to it being easier to say. While it is unknown what Kfar means, it is speculated that it may mean "land of", meaning that the name means "land of Hiti" which Hiti is a family name, as it still is. 'Isoof comes from the Arabic Qisoof (Arabic: قعسوف) meaning an exposed place to wind, or a place where the wind blows. Al-Krom means thetrellis they used to growgrapes.
In 2014,Muslims made up 99.55% of registered voters in Kfar Hatta. 96.16% of the voters wereShiite Muslims.[3]
