Official Name: | Bakkifa |
Other Name: | Bakifa |
Native Name: | بكّيفا |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beqaa Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rashaya District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 33.4942°N 35.8197°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 965 |
Bakifa, (Arabic: بكّيفا), is a local authority situated in Rashaya District, Lebanon.
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Bekiyifeh's population as being Druze and "Greek" Christians.[2]