Rayfoun

Rayfoun (Arabic: ريفون; also spelled Reifun or Raifoun) is a village and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The village is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 1,050 meters above sea level and a total land area of 189 hectares.[1] Rayfoun's inhabitants are predominantly Maronites.[2] Rayfoun is the hometown of Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir and the Ottoman-era peasant leader Tanyus Shahin.

Rayfoun
ريفون
Village
sculpture by Anachar Basbous, in Rayfoun
sculpture by Anachar Basbous, in Rayfoun
Rayfoun is located in Lebanon
Rayfoun
Rayfoun
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′52″N 35°42′11″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateKeserwan-Jbeil
DistrictKeserwan
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Elevation
1,050 m (3,440 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

References
  1. "Rayfoun". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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