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Tyre (Arabic: صور, Ṣūr; Phoenicie: , Ṣur; Hebrew: צוֹר, Tzor; Tiberian Ebreu צר, Ṣōr; Akkadian: 𒋗𒊒 Ṣurru; Greek: Τύρος, Týros; Turkis: Sur; Laitin: Tyrus) is a ceety in the Sooth Govrenorate o Lebanon. There wur approximately 117,000 inhabitants in 2003,[1] housomeivver, the govrenment o Lebanon haes released anerlie rough estimates o population numbers syne 1932, so an accurate statistical accoontin is no possible.[2] Tyre juts oot frae the coast o the Mediterranean an is locatit aboot 80 km (50 mi) sooth o Beirut. The name o the ceety means "rock"[3] efter the rocky formation on which the toun wis oreeginally built. The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian, an the inhabitants are Tyrians.
Tyre | |
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Ceety | |
Tyre fishin harbour | |
Map o Lebanon frae the CIA World Factbook. Tyre is near the soothren border | |
Kintra | Lebanon |
Govrenorate | Sooth |
Destrict | Tyre |
Established | 2750 BC |
Area | |
• Ceety | 4 km2 (2 sq mi) |
• Metro | 17 km2 (7 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 60,000 |
• Metro | 174,000 |
Time zone | UTC+02 (Eastren European Time) |
Teep | Cultural |
Criteria | iii, vi |
Designatit | 1984 (8th session) |
Reference no. | 299 |
State Pairty | Lebanon |
Region | Arab States |
Tyre is an auncient Phoenicie ceety an the legendary birthplace o Europa an Elissa (Dido). The day it is the fowert lairgest ceety in Lebanon[4] an hooses ane o the naition's major ports. Tourism is a major industry. The ceety haes a number o auncient sites, includin its Roman Hippodrome which wis addit tae UNESCO's leet o Warld Heritage Sites in 1979.[5][6]
Tyre is twinned wi:
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