Kaifun
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| Kaifun كيفون |
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| Administration | |
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| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Aley District |
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  Kaifun
Location of Kaifun, Lebanon
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| Elevation | 853–913 m (2,799–2,995 ft) |
Kaifun (also transliterated Kafun,Kaifoun) is a village in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Aley District, in the Republic of Lebanon. It lies slightly south of the village of Souk El Gharb
The town has a majority Shia population. During the Israeli-Hezbollah 2006 War its population, swelled by refugees, went from about 3,00 to 50,000 over stretching its water supply and causing a humanitarian crisis.[1]
