Arbet Kozhaya
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Arbet Kozhaya عربة قزحيا |
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| City | |
 Arbet Kozhaya
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| Coordinates: 34°17′42″N 35°55′32″E / 34.29500°N 35.92556°ECoordinates: 34°17′42″N 35°55′32″E / 34.29500°N 35.92556°E | |
| Country |
 Lebanon
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| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Zgharta District |
| Government | |
| • President | Badwi Jibrail Mansour |
| • Vice President | Charbel Hanna Touma Boulos |
| • Mukhtar | Antoine M. Bou Daher |
| • Council Members | Joseph Elias Bechara Michel Elias Ghassibeh Mehsen Saadeh Mansour Elias Edmond Sleiman Antoun Badwi Yousuf Mourad Elias Yousuf Raymond Milad Yousuf |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,000 m (3,000 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Arbet Kozhaya, also known as Arbet Qozhaya or Arabet Kozhaya, (Arabic: عربة قزحيا, Syriac: ܥܪܒܐ ܕܩܙܚܝܐ) is one of the fifty-six towns and villages, which make up the Zgharta District (Zgharta Zawie) in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
The population is mainly Maronite Christian.
The village is named after the neighboring Monastery of Kozhaya, known as the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great (Mar Antonios al-Kabir). The monastery is some 950 metres above sea level in the Valley of Kozhaya.
The word Arbet (Aarbet) means inclined, since the village is on an inclined plane overlooking Kozhaya.
The name Kozhaya is Syriac in origin and means the treasure of life, with treasure representing Christ, for whom the monks of the Monastery abandon worldly goods and follow an ascetic life dedicated to prayer and spirituality; and life referring to the abundance of water endowing nature with life in the valley.
The Kozhaya Valley and the nearby Qannoubine Valley are part of the Qadisha Valley, known also as the Holy Valley. The village lies between 900 and 1,050 metres above sea level and occupies some 2 million square metres, out of which approximatively 500,000 square metres are inhabited and 700,000 square metres under cultivation. It is at a distance of 5 Kilometres from Ehden, 25 Kilometres from Zgharta, 30 Kilometres from the Cedars and 85 Kilometres from Beirut.
The village church is dedicated to Saint Elias and the Saint’s Feast day is celebrated on the 20th of July. There is a nearby hotel called Hôtel Le Tournant, two small food shops and a medical centre built by the Fayez Mouawad Foundation. There is also a volleyball court built in the beginning of 1990s by the late Francis Antoun. Freshwater is supplied to the village by two springs one being called Al-Fas´in.
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