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Beirut بيروت
Municipality
Beirut Skyline
Flag Seal
Beirut
Coordinates: 33°53′13.0″N 35°30′47.0″E / 33.886944°N 35.513056°E / 33.886944; 35.513056
Country	Lebanon
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.

Gallery

Sunset in Beirut, Lebanon
View from bickfaya, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut Downtown, Lebanon

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.

Other websites

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

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

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