Ithaca vs Kfar Yassine

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Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithaki [iˈθaci]; Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη, Ithakē [i.tʰá.kɛː]) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. Ithaca's main island has an area of 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) and had a population in 2011 of 3,231. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi.

Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathy (or Vathi).Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the plot of the classical Greek tale the Odyssey.

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Kfar Yassine (Arabic: كفر ياسين‎) is a village in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is part of the municipality of Tabarja-Adma wa Dafneh-Kfar Yassine. The municipality is located 24 kilometers north of Beirut.

Its average elevation is 10 meters above sea level and its total land area is 456 hectares. Kfar Yassine's inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Christians.

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