Official Name: | Kfarabida |
Other Name: | كفرعبيدا |
Native Name: | Kfar Aabida |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | North Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Batroun District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 9,613 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Postal Code: | 4107[1] |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Fadous Sud | |
Alternate Name: | Fadaous Sud |
Map Type: | Lebanon |
Map Size: | 200 |
Location: | 2km (01miles) south of Batroun, Lebanon |
Region: | North Governorate |
Coordinates: | 34.2264°N 35.66°W |
Type: | Flint factory[2] |
Part Of: | Tell Fadous |
Length: | 800 meters[3] |
Cultures: | Qaraoun |
Archaeologists: | Maurice Tallon, Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow[4] |
Public Access: | Yes |
Kfar Abida, (sometimes spelled Kfar Aabida or Kfaraabida) is a village located 2km (01miles) south of Batroun in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon.[5]
Located south of the tell, is Fadous Sud, a Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture.[6] [7]
On the coast, in the southwest of the town, lies an archaeological tell, Tell Fadous. The site may have been part of Byblos (12 km) to the south. Ceramic and architectural similaritiies are found from Sidon in the south to Tell Arqa in the north.
Phase III (EB II) shows a regular layout of the settlement with buildings separated by narrow streets.[8]
Phase IV (EB III) has a different layout where the buildings are spaced farther apart.[9]