Bourj Hammoud

Bourj Hammoud is a town and municipality in located north-east of the capital , in the , and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 150,000 residents
  • Description: town and municipality in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Borj el Hammoud”, “Borj el Hamoud”, “Borj Hammoud”, “Borj Hamud”, “Burj Hammoud”, “Burj Ḩammūd”, and “Burj Hamūd”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint George Hospital and St. Antoine Greek Catholic Church.

Hospital
University Medical Center, also known as Al-Roum Hospital, is the oldest Lebanese Christian teaching hospital founded in 1878. It is affiliated with Saint George University of Beirut and one of the three leading Lebanese medical centres.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.

Building
is a landmark mixed use tower on hold in , . It is currently Lebanon's tallest building at 220 metres and has 52 floors.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dekwaneh and Sin el Fil.

Town
is a suburb north of in the of the , . The population is predominantly Maronite Christian.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb east of in the of the , Lebanon.

Neighborhood
La Quarantine, which is colloquially referred to as and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern .

Bourj Hammoud

Latitude
33.88887° or 33° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
35.53901° or 35° 32′ 20″ east
Population
150,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8G5QVGQQ+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4893695724
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
276125
Wiki­data ID
Q895235
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Bourj Hammoud” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج حمود”
  • Arabic: “برج حموﺪ”
  • Armenian: “Բուրջ Համուդ”
  • Armenian: “Պուրճ Համուտ”
  • Asturian: “Burj Hammoud”
  • Azerbaijani: “Burc Hammud”
  • Azerbaijani: “Burc Hamod”
  • Belarusian: “Бурдж Хамуд”
  • Bulgarian: “Бурдж Хамуд”
  • Catalan: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Chinese: “哈穆德堡”
  • Dutch: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج حمود”
  • Esperanto: “Burĵ Hammud”
  • Finnish: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • French: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • French: “Burj Hammoud”
  • Georgian: “ბურჯ-ჰამუდი”
  • German: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • German: “Burj Hammoud”
  • German: “Burj Hammud”
  • Greek: “Μπουρτζ Χαμούντ”
  • Hebrew: “בורג‘ חמוד”
  • Hebrew: “בורג’ חמוד”
  • Indonesian: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Italian: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Japanese: “ブルジュ・ハムード”
  • Lithuanian: “Burdž Hamudas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Malay: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Malay: “Burj Hamud”
  • Malay: “برج حمود”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Pampanga: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Persian: “برج حمود”
  • Polish: “Burdż Hammud”
  • Portuguese: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Russian: “Бурдж Хаммуд”
  • Russian: “Бурдж Хамуд”
  • Slovenian: “Burdž Hamud”
  • Spanish: “Burj Hammoud”
  • Swedish: “Bourj Hammoud”
  • Turkish: “Burc Hamud”
  • Turkish: “Burç Hamud”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурдж-Хамуд”
  • Urdu: “برج حمود”
  • Western Armenian: “Պուրճ Համուտ”

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