Burj el-Shamali
Burj el-Shamali is a municipality located some 86 km south of Beirut and 3 km east of the Tyre/Sour peninsula, merging into its urban area. It is located in the Tyre District of the South Governorate of Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: municipality in South Governorate, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Burj el Shamali”, “Burj el-Shemali”, “Camp de Borj ech Chémâli”, “Camp de Chemali”, “El Bass”, and “Mukhayyam Burj ash Shamālī”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruins of Tyre Necropolis and Tyre Hippodrome.
Ruins of Tyre Necropolis
Ruins
Photo: Matze187, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The al-Bass necropolis is a Lebanese UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the al-Bass archaeological site in the city of Tyre situated next to the el-Buss refugee camp. Ruins of Tyre Necropolis is situated 2½ km west of Burj el-Shamali.
Tyre Hippodrome
Archaeological site
Photo: Ibrahimamirnaeem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tyre Hippodrome, located in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, is an ancient sporting arena and UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to the second century AD. Tyre Hippodrome is situated 2½ km west of Burj el-Shamali.
El Bass Refugee Camp
Social service facility
Al-Buss camp – also transliterated Bass, Al-Bass, or El-Buss with the definite article spelled either al or el – is one of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, located in the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre. El Bass Refugee Camp is situated 3 km west of Burj el-Shamali.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Bazouriyah and Tayr Debba.
Al-Bazouriyah
Town
Al-Bazouriyah is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. Al-Bazouriyah is situated 3½ km southeast of Burj el-Shamali.
Tayr Debba
Village
Tayr Debba is a municipality in the Tyre District in the South Governorate of Lebanon, located 7 kilometres east of Tyre and 88 kilometers south of Beirut. Tayr Debba is situated 3½ km east of Burj el-Shamali.
Tyre
Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tyre is the fourth-largest city in Lebanon. It is particularly noteworthy for its stunning and clean beaches as well as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture in the world.
Burj el-Shamali
- Category: village/town/city in Lebanon
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“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”
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