Flaoui

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title: "Flaoui" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-baalbek-district", "archaeological-sites-in-lebanon", "heavy-neolithic-sites", "neolithic-settlements"] topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaoui" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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official_name	Flaoui
other_name	Fleywe
native_name	فلاوي
settlement_type	Village
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subdivision_name2	Baalbek
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population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
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elevation_m	1354
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Flaoui or Fleywe or Flaoueh () is a small village located 17 km northwest of Baalbek, Lebanon in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is located near the north–south road that runs from Bodai to Chlifa.

A Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture is located in the area on fielded slopes of a small valley facing the Beqaa valley. It was discovered by Lorraine Copeland and Frank Skeels in 1965 with materials examined by Henri Fleisch. Worked tools were found made from abundant nodules of siliceous, grey-yellow limestone. The material suggested to be Heavy Neolithic consisted of massive, rough cores and flakes with another group being found that showed resemblance to an assemblage termed by Fleisch the Micro-Mousterian. The site was under cultivation in 1966.

Demographics

As of 2014, the town had 1,116 registered voters of whom 98.12% were Shia Muslims.

References

References

2. Thom Sicking. (1984). "Religion et développement: étude comparée de deux villages libanais". Dar el-Machreq.
3. (1966). "Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 30". Impr. Catholique.
4. "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة فلاوي، قضاء بعلبك محافظة البقاع في لبنان".

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