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بيروت Beyrouth | |||
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| Country | Lebanon | ||
| Governorate | Beirut, Capital City | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Bilal Hamad | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 100 km2 (40 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 200 km2 (80 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • City | 361,366 (UN)[1] | ||
| • Urban | 1,900,000 | ||
| • Metro | 2,250,000 ~ 3,000,000 | ||
| Time zone | +2 | ||
| • Summer (DST) | +3 | ||
| Website | City of Beirut | ||
Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. It is situated 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.
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Sunset in Beirut, Lebanon
View from bickfaya, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut Downtown, Lebanon
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References
- 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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Other websites
- Official website of Beirut
- Downtown Beirut
- Discover Lebanon - Beirut photos and images, virtual tour, Allenby street, parliament, museum
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