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Beirut
capital and largest city of Lebanon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Beirut
بيروت | |
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![]() Beirut Skyline | |
Coordinates: 33°53′13.0″N 35°30′47.0″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 |
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