This lovely mountain resort town is perched above the eastern end of
the beautiful Kadisha Gorge and at the foothills of the Cedars of Lebanon.
It is the brith place of Lebanon's most famous author
Khalil Gibran. It has a small museum which pays tribute to him.
Beiteddine palace was built over a period of thirty years by Emir Bechir Chehab II.
It's architecture reflects the typical oriental architecture of the 19th century Ottoman Era.
It is remarkable for its glamorous
arcades, multicolored mosaic floors, reception rooms, harems, hammams
and even by its guest house "Diyafa" where passing guests were lodged
(French poet Lamartine stayed once there).
Detail of the Sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos, seated
on a cherub throne, before an offering table, 13th century B.C (National Museum of Beirut).
Around 1200 B.C. the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern
alphabet. By 800 B.C., it had traveled to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated.
Located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, Baalbek is an ancient city
that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Originally
Canaanite (3rd century BC), the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
and Arabs successively occupied Ba'albek and left their imprints on the
place, often modifying what existed previously.
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Kaftoun Registry of Eligible Voters, 2009 - القوائم الإنتخابية
Kaftoun Voters registry 2009 - Mar 10, 2009 - 170 hits
Kaftoun Voters registry 2009
Kaftoun Election Results 2009 - Mar 10, 2009 - 114 hits
Kaftoun Election Results 2009
Kaftoun Families - Number of Eligible Voters, 2009
The number of Kaftoun registered voters in May 2009 stood at 445 as compared to 440 in May 2004 and 411 in May 2000, distributed mainly amongst the following fourteen families:| Main Family | Family and Relations | Eligible Voters |
| Sarkis | Sarkis, Aubaid, Bajjani, Elia, Hanna, Kubataki, Lattouf, Mansour, Nasr, Sakr, Yaacoub | 105 |
| Semaan | Semaan, Murr, Wakeem, Zakarouf | 67 |
| Fares | Fares, Ballard, Sarofim, Sarraf | 53 |
| Daher | Daher, Jarjurah | 39 |
| Chahine | Chahine,Bashour,Malik | 21 |
| Sawda | Sawda | 13 |
| Yazbek | Yazbek | 12 |
| Kanaan | Kanaan, Hameyeh | 10 |
| Akkari | Akkari, Jurgi, Mouhwi | 7 |
| Fayyad | Fayyad, Georges | 6 |
| Farah | Farah | 5 |
| Wehbeh | Wehbeh | 4 |
| Karam | Karam | 3 |
| Chagouri | Chagouri | 2 |
| Other | Aazkoul, Abboud, Abdoo, Abi-Shaded, Abla, Abu-Harab, Abu-Rjaili, Al-Azabzeh, Al-Jaaluk, Al-Kallab, Al-Rumouz, Al-Usta, Anjalina, Assaf, Attaleh, Brarakat, Chami, Dagfel, Dagher, Darious, Elias, Esbiridon, Essa, Ghossin, Haddad, Hajj, Hayek, Hilu, Hinsh, Hurani, Jabbour, Kasim, Katreeb, Qazzi, Khouri, Kummair, Laba, Maalouf, Madi, Makhlouta, Mamilian, Maroun, Mastouri, Mekhael, Mousi, Murad, Nijm, Rahmeh, Rizk, Saad, Saba, Safadi, Salem, Shadeed, Shamali, Shukayer, Shukri, Surour, Tablieh, Usta, Younan, Youssef, Fdawi, Sulaiman | 86 |
Kaftoun Voting Results, 2009
The voting was held at the Municipality office (Baladieh). 220 votes were cast out of 445. One vote was canceled. Results are in the table below:
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source: Government of Lebanon