Rayfoun
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|native_name = ريفون
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|subdivision_name1 = Keserwan-Jbeil
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Rayfoun ({{langx|ar|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 {{convert|28|km|mi}} north of Beirut.{{cite web|title=Rayfoun|url=http://www.localiban.org/article4485.html|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|accessdate=2009-07-24|date=2008-01-22}} It has an average elevation of 1,050 meters above sea level and a total land area of 189 hectares.
Rayfoun's inhabitants are predominantly Maronites.{{cite web|title=Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban|url=http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf|website=Localiban|publisher=Localiban|accessdate=2016-02-12|page=19|format=pdf|date=2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081015/http://www.localiban.org/IMG/pdf/Elections_municipales_libanaises_2010_-_Mont-Liban.pdf|archivedate=2015-07-24}} Rayfoun is the hometown of Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir and the Ottoman-era peasant leader Tanyus Shahin.
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{{Keserwan District}}
Category:Populated places in Keserwan District
Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
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