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Rayfoun
Rayfoun
is a
village
and
municipality
located in the
Keserwan District
of the
Mount Lebanon Governorate
of
Lebanon
.
The village
is about
north
of
Beirut
. 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
. Rayfoun is the hometown of
Maronite Patriarch
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
and the Ottoman-era
peasant
leader
Tanyus Shahin
.