Beirut
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Beirut
بيروت | |
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![]() Beirut Skyline | |
Coordinates: 33°53′13.0″N 35°30′47.0″E / 33.886944°N 35.513056°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 |
Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. It is one of the richest and 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. 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.
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Sunset in Beirut, Lebanon
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View from bickfaya, Beirut, Lebanon
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Beirut Downtown, Lebanon
References
[change | change source]- 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.
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- 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