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Beirut
بيروت
Beirut Skyline
Beirut Skyline
Flag of Beirut
Official seal of Beirut
Beirut is located in Lebanon
Beirut
Beirut
Coordinates: 33°53′13.0″N 35°30′47.0″E / 33.886944°N 35.513056°E / 33.886944; 35.513056
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeirut
Government
 • MayorJamal Itani
Area
 • Total19.60 km2 (7.57 sq mi)
Population
 (December 31, 2017)
 • Total433,249
 • Density22,105/km2 (57,250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
WebsiteOfficial 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.

References

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  • 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

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Media related to Beirut at Wikimedia Commons
Beirut travel guide from Wikivoyage