Bikfaya

Also known as Bekfaya, Bickfaya, Beckfayya

thumb|The Armenian Genocide memorial in BikfayaBikfaya (, also spelled Bickfaya, Beckfayya, or Bekfaya) is a town in the Matn District region of Mount Lebanon. Its stone houses with red-tiled roofs resting amidst pine and oak forests make Bikfaya one of the most sought-after suburbs of Beirut and one of Lebanon's most popular summer resorts. An old town, among its monuments is the church of Mar Abda, built in 1587.

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Settlement.name: Bikfaya
Settlement.native_name: بكفيا
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Sheikh Pierre Gemayel Memorial Bikfaya.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Pierre Gemayel Memorial
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lebanon
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Map showing the location of Bikfaya within Lebanon
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Lebanon
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mount Lebanon Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Matn District
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 900
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 1000
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone1: EET

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Elevation: 900
Image: Over the Red Roof tops of Bikfaya - panoramio.jpg

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Etymology
Geography
History
Bikfaya during the era of the Assafiyeen Emirs
Culture
Demography
Religious Structures
Tourism
Notable residents
References
External links

==Etymology== The name Bikfaya is a contraction of the Aramaic (Syriac) compound phrase "Beit Keifayya", בית כיפיא, with "Keifayya" being the relative adjective of the word כיפא, meaning "rock" or "stone" in Aramaic. And so, Bikfaya would mean the "house of stone" or "the rocky/stony house" with the semantic connotation of "the place, location of stones, or stone quarry."