Sawfar
Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar, Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the Aley District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres, Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Saoufar”, “Şawfar”, and “Sofar”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mudeirej Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ain Dara and Bhamdoun.
Ain Dara
Village
Ain Dara, is a village about 30 kilometres from… Ain Dara is situated 3 km southeast of Sawfar.
Bhamdoun
Town
Hammana
Town
Sawfar
- Categories: human settlement, municipality of Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.80206° or 33° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.70122° or 35° 42′ 4″ east
Elevation
1,282 metres (4,206 feet)
Open location code
8G5QRP22+RF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Sawfar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صوفر”
- Dutch: “Saoufar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صوفر”
- French: “Sawfar”
- Greek: “Σαουφάρ”
- Hebrew: “סאופר”
- Irish: “Saoufar”
- Italian: “Saoufar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saoufar”
- Persian: “صوفر”
- Polish: “Saoufar”
- Urdu: “صوقر”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Qoubbeiaa and Qraiyeh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Soufar Hotel and Ain Soufar station.
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