Beirut
capital and largest city of Lebanon
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Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. It is on a hilly promontory on the eastern Mediterranean surrounded to the east by the snow-capped mountains of Lebanon. Before the civil war it was a cultural center of the Arab World, a major international financial, banking and media center and was called the Switzerland of the Middle East. It was called the Paris of the Middle East.
Beirut
بيروت | |
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 Beirut Skyline | |
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  Beirut | |
| Coordinates: 33°53′13.0″N 35°30′47.0″E / 33.886944°N 35.513056°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beirut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jamal Itani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.60 km2 (7.57 sq mi) |
| Population (December 31, 2017) | |
| • Total | 433,249 |
| • Density | 22,105/km2 (57,250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| Website | Official website |
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Beirut Downtown, Lebanon
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References change
- Linda Jones Hall, Roman Berytus: Beirut in Late Antiquity, 2004.
- Samir Kassir, Histoire de Beyrouth, Fayard 2003.
- Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 69.
Other websites change
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beirut.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Beirut
- Official website of Beirut Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Downtown Beirut Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Discover Lebanon - Beirut photos and images, virtual tour, Allenby street, parliament, museum
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