| Official Name: | As-Sarafand |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Label Position: | Bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.4517°N 35.2908°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sidon District |
| Government Type: | Mayor–council |
| Population Total: | 10965 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 70 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 00961 (7) Landline |
As-Sarafand (ar|الصرفند) is a municipality in southern Lebanon located 10 km south of Sidon overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
As-Sarafand is an Arabic rendition of the Phoenician place-name Ṣrpt,[2] after Classical Sarepta, just north of Sarafand.
In 1875 Victor Guérin noted that the village had 400 Métualis inhabitants.[3]
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 between Sidon and Tyre, killing thirteen people.[4]
On 7 June 1982, on the second day of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon an IDF brigade was ambushed as it pushed through As-Sarafand. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded.[5]
In 2014, Muslims made up 99.63% of registered voters in As-Sarafand. 96.90% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[6]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.
