Rayfoun
Village in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon
Rayfoun ريفون | |
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Village | |
sculpture by Anachar Basbous, in Rayfoun | |
33°58′52″N 35°42′11″E / 33.98111°N 35.70306°E / 33.98111; 35.70306 | |
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.
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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Capital: Jounieh
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- Ain el-Rihaneh
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- Azra
- Ballouneh
- Batha
- Bkerké
- Bqaatouta
- Bzoummar
- Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
- Chnaniir
- Daraoun
- Daraya
- Dlebta
- Faitroun
- Faraya
- Fatqa
- Ghazir
- Ghbaleh
- Ghidras
- Ghineh
- Ghosta
- Harissa-Daraoun
- Herharaya
- Hrajel
- Jdaidet Ghazir
- Jeita
- Jouret Bedran
- Jouret el-Termos
- Kaslik
- Kfar Dibiane
- Kfar Yassine
- Okaibe
- Qattine
- Qleiat
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- Mayrouba
- Rayfoun
- Safra
- Sahel Alma
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- Sehaileh
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- Yahchouch
- Zouk Mikael
- Zouk Mosbeh
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