Mayfadoun | |
Native Name: | ميفدون |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Mayfadoun within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.3486°N 35.4764°W |
Grid Position: | 125/157 L |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nabatieh District |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | +961 |
Mayfadoun is a municipality in Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Mayfadun, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 11 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley and olive trees; a total of 5,269 akçe.[1] [2]
See also: Israel–Hamas war and Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present). On 6 August 2024, four people, all of them Hezbollah fighters,[3] were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the village.[4]
In 2014 Muslims made up 98.79% of registered voters in Mayfadoun. 97.13% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[5]