Rayfoun
ريفون | |
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Village | |
 sculpture by Anachar Basbous, in Rayfoun | |
  Rayfoun Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°58′52″N 35°42′11″E / 33.98111°N 35.70306°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Keserwan-Jbeil |
| District | Keserwan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,050 m (3,440 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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.
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References
- ^ a b "Rayfoun". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "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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