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
Rayfoun Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°58′52″N 35°42′11″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)

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.