As-Sarafand الصرفند | |
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Municipality | |
 Glassmaking in As-Sarafand | |
  As-Sarafand Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°27′06″N35°17′27″E / 33.45167°N 35.29083°E /33.45167; 35.29083 | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Sidon District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 10,965 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | 00961 (7)Landline |
As-Sarafand (Arabic:الصرفند) is a municipality insouthern Lebanon located 10 km south ofSidon overlooking theMediterranean Sea.
As-Sarafand is anArabic rendition of thePhoenicianplace-name Ṣrpt,[2] afterClassicalSarepta, just north of Sarafand.[3]
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In 1875Victor Guérin noted that the village had 400Métualis inhabitants.[4]
In mid-April 1980 Israeli commandos, arriving by sea, raided As-Sarafand killing twenty Lebanese and Palestinians, mostly civilians. During the first three weeks of April the Israelis carried out similar, but smaller, raids along the coast road betweenSidon andTyre, killing thirteen people.[5]
On 7 June 1982, on the second day of theIsraeli invasion of Lebanon an IDF brigade was ambushed as it pushed through As-Sarafand. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded.[6]
In 2014,Muslims made up 99.63% of registered voters in As-Sarafand. 96.90% of the voters wereShiite Muslims.[7]
