Kahale
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Kahale (Arabic الكحالة) is a mountain village in the district of Aley (Caza Aley), Lebanon, 13km from Beirut. Population estimated at 13,000 residents all of which are Maronite Catholics.
The village has three churches, Mar Elias, Our Lady and Mar Antonios. The Kahale has seven primary families; Abi Khalil, Ashkar, Bejjani, Feghaly, Mkarzel, Rizkallah and Zoghbi.
Location: Latitude: 33°49'18.64"N, Longtitude: 35°35'14.55"E, 200 to 700m above sea level and a land size of approximately 1,945,580 square meters.
Origin of the name, Kahale:
Syriac, Aramaic and is made up of the following parts,
Kah: Verb meaning breathe or respired (breathed)
Al or El: Name of the Caananite God El, who was considered father of the God's and of mankind.
E: Ending denoting that the God El is the speakers God, as in my God El. These parts translate into El Breathed of Breath of El. Considering the locale and geography of the Kahale this name is suited well. A valley extends from the Sh'har (Sh'7ar) west side of the Kahale into the Rjoum, eastern side of the Kahale. In this valley the winds accelerate as if being sped along by some external supernatural will, the will of the ancient God El.
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- Abi Khalil, C. (1997). History of the Kahale. Beirut: The arabic press.
