Bodai

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Bodai
Town
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Bodai
Coordinates: 34°03′40″N36°03′40″E / 34.06111°N 36.06111°E / 34.06111; 36.06111
CountryFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Governorate Baalbek-Hermel
District Baalbek
Elevation
[1]
3,540 ft (1,080 m)
Population
Estimate
  Total
8,000 [2]

Bodai (Arabic : بوداي) is a Lebanese town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, situated west of the Litani River in the foothills of Mount Lebanon. Bodai is located 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the ancient city of Baalbek and 26 km (16 miles) from the Lebanese–Syrian border [3] and is 90 kilometers (55.926 mi) away from the capital of Beirut. [1] Bodai, which sits in the foothills of the Mount Lebanon range, has views across the Beqaa Valley toward the city of Baalbek, and the Anti-Lebanon range that divides Lebanon from Syria. [2]

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History and etymology

There is a possibility that the etymology of the town's present day name Bodai could be traced to the time of the French Crusaders' County of Tripoli within Mount Lebanon region and the possibility that the French Crusaders named the village or the area after the Maison Boudai, [4] situated within Montbozon, a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.[ citation needed ]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Budey's population as being predominantly Metawileh. [5]

Population

The settlement is almost entirely populated by Shiites. [6]

A significant percentage of the town population have migrated to the capital city of Beirut. Also, a significant percentage of the town population have migrated overseas to countries such as Brazil, Argentina, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Gulf Arab states and European Union (UK and France).[ citation needed ]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bouday - Aallaq Et Tell". localiban.
  2. 1 2 Frayer, Lauren (August 20, 2006). "Lebanese Town Full of Hezbollah Fighters". The Washington Post . Associated Press.
  3. "Israel raid in Lebanon tests U.N. Truce". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  4. Base Mérimée : Ancienne maison Rousselot dite Maison Bouday , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 144
  6. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة بوداي، قضاء بعلبك محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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