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'''Bodai''' ({{lang-ar|بوداي}}) is a [[Place:Lebanon|Lebanese]] town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, situated west of the Litani River in the foothills of [[Place:Mount Lebanon|Mount Lebanon]]. Bodai is located 15&nbsp;km (9 miles) northwest of the ancient city of [[Place:Baalbek|Baalbek]] and 26&nbsp;km (16 miles) from the Lebanese–Syrian border<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id%3D5ce6b72a-b3b7-4a4c-978c-909501a860be |title=Israel raid in Lebanon tests U.N. Truce |accessdate=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212145007/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=5ce6b72a-b3b7-4a4c-978c-909501a860be |archivedate=2015-02-12 }}</ref> and is 90 kilometers (55.926&nbsp;mi) away from the capital of Beirut.<ref name=localiban/> Bodai, which sits in the [[Earth:Foothills|foothills]] of the [[Place:Mount Lebanon|Mount Lebanon]] range, has views across the Beqaa Valley toward the city of Baalbek, and the Anti-Lebanon range that divides Lebanon from Syria.<ref name=washingtonpost/>

== 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,<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA70000008|Ancienne maison Rousselot dite Maison Bouday}}</ref> situated within Montbozon, a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern {{wipe|France}}.

In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Budey'''s population as being predominantly  Metawileh.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/144/mode/1up 144]</ref>

== Population ==
The main religions of the town are Shiites followed by Maronites and Eastern Orthodox Christians.

A significant percentage of the town population have migrated to the capital city of [[Place:Beirut|Beirut]]. Also, a significant percentage of the town population have migrated overseas to countries such as {{wipe|Brazil}}, {{wipe|Argentina}}, {{wipe|United States of America}}, {{wipe|Canada}}, {{wipe|Australia}}, Mexico, Gulf Arab states and [[Social:European Union|European Union]] (UK and {{wipe|France}}). Migration figures are high to even suggest that every family in the town would at least have or know of one friend or relative that have migrated to another country.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

== Notable people ==
*Ali Hussein Nassif
*Mohammad Yazbek
*Mohammed Shamas

==See also==
*[[Place:Tell Aalaq|Tell Aalaq]]
*[[Place:Flaoui|Flaoui]]
*List of cities and towns in Lebanon
*List of municipalities of Lebanon

==References==
{{Reflist|25em}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|last2=Smith|first2=E.|year=1841|url=http://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838|  location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}} 
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.localiban.org/article3998.html  Bouday - Aallaq Et Tell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317071929/http://www.localiban.org/article3998.html |date=2016-03-17 }}, Localiban
{{Archaeological sites in Lebanon}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in Lebanon]]

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