Bodai
Bodai | |
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Town | |
  Bodai | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′40″N 36°03′40″E / 34.06111°N 36.06111°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Baalbek-Hermel |
| District | Baalbek |
| Elevation | 3,540 ft (1,080 m) |
| Population Estimate | |
| • Total | 8,000[1] |
Bodai (
Anti-Lebanon range that divides Lebanon from Syria.[1]
History and etymology
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There is a possibility that the etymology of the town's present day name Bodai could be traced to the time of the French Crusaders' County of Tripoli within Mount Lebanon region and the possibility that the French Crusaders named the village or the area after the Maison Boudai,[4] situated within Montbozon, a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.
In 1838,
Metawileh.[5]
Population
The main religions of the town are
Eastern Orthodox Christians
.
A significant percentage of the town population have migrated to the capital city of
UK and France). Migration figures are high to even suggest that every family in the town would at least have or know of one friend or relative that have migrated to another country.[citation needed
]
Notable people
- Ali Hussein Nassif
- Mohammad Yazbek
- Mohammed Shamas
See also
References
- ^ a b Frayer, Lauren (August 20, 2006). "Lebanese Town Full of Hezbollah Fighters". The Washington Post. Associated Press.
- ^ a b "Bouday - Aallaq Et Tell". localiban.
- ^ "Israel raid in Lebanon tests U.N. Truce". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne maison Rousselot dite Maison Bouday, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 144
Bibliography
External links
- Bouday - Aallaq Et Tell Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban
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