Shatila
Shatila is a refugee camp in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Shatila is situated nearby to Rafic Hariri University Hospital, as well as near the park Horsh Beirut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Rafic Hariri University Hospital.
National Museum of Beirut
Museum
Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.
The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. National Museum of Beirut is situated 2 km northeast of Shatila.
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest Lebanese public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of Beirut. Rafic Hariri University Hospital is situated 1 km southwest of Shatila.
Horsh Beirut
Park
Horsh Beirut is an urban park in the heart of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar. The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres of green space within municipal Beirut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beirut and Jnah.
Beirut
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. The city is on a relatively small headland jutting into the east Mediterranean.
Jnah
Jnah is in Beirut. The Jnah is one of the luxurious residential districts of the Capital. Its name literally means "wing" due to its location along the southern border of Beirut, extending eastward from the sea to the reconstructed Sport City inland.Haret Hreik
Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.
Shatila
- Type: Refugee camp
- Also known as: “Mukhayyam Shātīlā”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.86667° or 33° 52′ northLongitude
35.5° or 35° 30′ eastElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
8G5QVG82+M2GeoNames ID
267547
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