Kfar Melki

Kfar Melki (Arabic: كفر ملكي), also known as Kafrmelki or Kfarmilki, is a municipality in the Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon.^[1] It is situated 11 kilometres east of Sidon.

Kfar Melki كفر ملكي
Municipality
Snow covering Jabal Safi, view from Kfar Melki Feb. 2010
Kfar Melki Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°30′00″N 35°28′48″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Sidon District
Elevation	1,380 ft (420 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	07

Kfar Melki is located in the Kaza of Saida one of Mohafazah of South Lebanon kazas (districts). Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. It's 58 kilometers (36 miles) away from (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. It is 500 meters (1,600 feet; 550 yards) above sea level. Kfarmelki surface stretches for 673 ha (6.73 km²; 2.60 sq mi)

Demographics

In 2014, Muslims made up 99.24% of registered voters in Kfar Melki. 97.57% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.^[2]

Notable people

• Mahmoud Hamoud, football player and coach^[3]
• Ahmad Kheir El Dine, footballer