Kfar Dounin or Kfardounin ()Meaning: "The village of Dûnîn", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 23 is municipality in Lebanon, 102 km from the capital Beirut and 580 m from sea coast remote. Adjacent villages: Deir Kifa, Alkaline, Kherbet Selem, Deir Intar. It is located in the Bent Jbeil district of Nabatieh Governorate. It has a population of 6,000 people.
History In 1875 Victor Guérin noted: "Near a little mosque are well-cut stones, the remains of a demolished church, of which there also survive fragments of monolithic columns and several broken capitals, strewing the soil in several places, and especially near the Sheikh's house.'Guerin, 1880, p. 265-265; translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 117 He estimated that the village had 350 to 400 Metawileh inhabitants.Guerin, 1880, p. 265-265
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Metawileh, on a hill, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. The water is obtained from a spring near and cisterns in the village."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 92
At the beginning of March 1986 a Ghanaian soldier serving with UNIFIL was shot and injured by an Israeli soldier in Kfar Dounin. The Israelis had launched a search operation, the largest since their withdrawal to their security zone in June 1985, looking for two of their soldiers who had been captured. Two Israelis were killed in the operation.Middle East International No 270, 7 March 1986, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir p.10
On 6 January 2026, two residents were killed in an Israeli drone strike.
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 98.91% of registered voters in Kfar Dounin. 95.83% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/كفردونين/المذاهب/ The town has a population of about 6,000, though only 1,500 live in the village year round.
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External links Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons Kfar Dounine, Localiban