Kfarshima
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Kafr Shima”, “Kfar Chima”, “Kfar Shima”, and “كفرشيما”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Silk Museum and Serail Baabda.
Silk Museum
Museum
Serail Baabda
Office building
Hope for Peace
Monument
The Hope for Peace Monument is a monument in Yarze… Hope for Peace is situated 3½ km northeast of Kfarshima.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Choueifat and Houmal.
Choueifat
Village
Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of Beirut in Lebanon.
Baabda
Town
Baabda is the capital city of Baabda District and Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon.
Kfarshima
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.8137° or 33° 48′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.53554° or 35° 32′ 8″ east
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
8G5QRG7P+F6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kfarshima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كفر شيما”
- Azerbaijani: “Kfar-şima”
- Bulgarian: “Кфаршима”
- Cebuano: “Kfarshima”
- Dutch: “Kfarshima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كفر شيما”
- French: “Kfarchima”
- German: “Kfarshima”
- Hebrew: “כפרשימה”
- Irish: “Kfarshima”
- Italian: “Kfarchima”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfarshima”
- Pampanga: “Kfarshima”
- Persian: “کفرشیما”
- Russian: “Кфар-шима”
- Swedish: “Kfarshima”
- Urdu: “کفر شیما”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mirdasha and Bisaba.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: deir el karkafi and andraos.
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