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Kfartay (or Kfertay) is a town inMatn District inLebanon. Also "Kfartay" is another town located inKeserwan District

There are two likely theories for the origin of the wordKfertay:

• It is acompound word, where "Kfer" means " a town" and "tay" means "the miserable" and thus it implies "the town of the miserable".
• The second part might have stemmed from the word "tay", aBedwin Aramaic tribe that might have lived in the town at some point. Lebanon is home to two Kfertay towns, one inMatn and another in Kessrouan.

Kfertay is located in theMount LebanonMohafaza at an altitude of 1200 m above thesea level. It lies east of theMediterranean Sea and 45 km fromBeirut and spreads across 300 hectares. The coordinates of this town are 33.9271° N, 35.5864° E.

At first, Kfertay's residents used to rely onagriculture but soon shifted tocommerce and free professions or held jobs in both public and private sectors, which resulted in neglected land. In the past few years, Kfertay attracted scores ofKhalijis who bought property and built homes, thus stirring momentum in the town.

The number of registered inhabitants in the town's personal status register is estimated at 800 people belonging to theGreek Catholic andMaronite community. Kfertay includes 80 houses and 5 commercial shops.

There are no schools in Kfertay and its students are educated in neighboring towns.

The town includes stone tombs andsarcophagi from theAncient Roman era with engraved inscriptions.

• Kfar Tay, Localiban

33°55′48″N35°34′48″E / 33.9300°N 35.5800°E /33.9300; 35.5800

• Populated places in Matn District

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