Middle East
Lebanon
Beqaa Governorate

Bakifa

Bakifa, is a local authority situated in , Lebanon. Bakifa has an elevation of 996 metres.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: local authority, Rachaiya District, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Bakīfā”, “Bakkeefa”, “Bakkifa”, “Bakkîfa”, “Baqīfā”, “Bekkifa”, “Bekkîfa”, “بكّيفا”, and “بكّيفا - راشيّا”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rashaya and Aaiha.

Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
راشيا is a town in . al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi as it was known is the site of ancient temples built by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

ايحه is a village in . The village is known as the site of the "fountain of the Hasbani ", a temporary wetland, an ancient temple and rock carvings created by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

Village
is a situated in the and south of the in . It is located east of close to the Syrian border south of Dahr El Ahmar. is situated 5 km southwest of Bakifa.

Bakifa

Latitude
33.49441° or 33° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.81998° or 35° 49′ 12″ east
Elevation
996 metres (3,268 feet)
Open location code
8G5QFRV9+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5288420441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
277140
Wiki­data ID
Q12195805
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Bakifa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باكيفا”
  • Arabic: “بقيفا”
  • Arabic: “بكيفا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باكيفا”
  • French: “Bakkifa”
  • German: “Bakifa”
  • German: “Bakkifa”
  • Irish: “Bakkifa”
  • Italian: “Bakifa”
  • Persian: “بکیفا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bakifa”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.