Silfaya
Silfaya or Selfaya, is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is a predominantly Maronite community. As of 2022, the settlement had 1,128 registered voters, 95 of whom were registered Diaspora voters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Silfâya” and “Silfāyā”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Remhala and Rechmaya.
Remhala
Village
Remhala, also spelled Rimhala, is a village in Lebanon. It is located in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate.
Rechmaya
Village
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Rechmaya, is a village in the Aley District of Lebanon. Bechara El Khoury, Lebanon's first president after independence, was born in Rechmaya on August 10, 1890. The town is located in a mountainous area. Rechmaya is situated 2½ km east of Silfaya.
Baissour
Village
Baissour or Bayssour, is a village located in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon. It is 850 metres above sea level and shares a border with Aley, Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and Ainab. Baissour is situated 3 km north of Silfaya.
Silfaya
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Silfaya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سلفايا”
- Dutch: “Silfaya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سلفايا”
- French: “Silfaya”
- Irish: “Silfaya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silfaya”
- Persian: “سلفایا”
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