Burj el-Shamali

Burj el-Shamali is a municipality located some 86 km south of Beirut and 3 km east of the /Sour peninsula, merging into its urban area. It is located in the of the of .
Wikipedia
  • Refugee camp
  • …lies at an elevation of 74 metres (243 feet)
  • Description: municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon
  • Also known as
    “Borj Chémali”
    “Borj ech Chamali”
    “Borj ech Chémâli”
    “Borj ech Chimâli”
    “Burj ash Shamālī”
    “Burj el-Shemali”
    “Burj esh-Shmali”
    “Camp de Borj ech Chémâli”
    “Camp de Chemali”
    “El Bass”
    “Mukhayyam Burj ash Shamālī”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of Tyre Necropolis and Tyre Hippodrome.
Matze187, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The al-Bass necropolis is a UNESCO World… is situated 2½ km west of Burj el-Shamali.
Ibrahimamirnaeem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , located in the city of … is situated 2½ km west of Burj el-Shamali.
Al-Buss camp – also transliterated Bass, Al-Bass… is situated 2½ km west of Burj el-Shamali.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bazouriyeh and Tayr Debba.
is a municipality in … is situated 3½ km southeast of Burj el-Shamali.
is a municipality in the … is situated 4 km east of Burj el-Shamali.
Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the fourth-largest city in .

Burj el-Shamali

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Latitude
33.26732° or 33° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.23755° or 35° 14′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G5Q768Q+W2
Geo­Names ID
276129
Wiki­data ID
Q4998890

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Burj el-Shamali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البرج الشمالي”
  • Arabic: “برج الشمالي”
  • Arabic: “مخيم برج الشمالي”
  • Dutch: “Burj el-Shemali”
  • German: “Burj al-Shemali”
  • Hebrew: “בורג’ א-שמאלי”
  • Hebrew: “בורג‘ אל-שמאלי”
  • Italian: “Borj el Chamali”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه البرج شمالی”
  • Urdu: “مخیم برج الشمالی”

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