El Burj Barajn
El Burj Barajn is a refugee camp in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. El Burj Barajn is situated nearby to the suburb Dahieh, as well as near the village Haret Hreik.| 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 3½ km north of El Burj Barajn.
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 2 km northwest of El Burj Barajn.
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. Horsh Beirut is situated 2½ km north of El Burj Barajn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahieh and Haret Hreik.
Dahieh
Suburb
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dahieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.
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.
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.
El Burj Barajn
- Type: Refugee camp
- Also known as: “Burj el-Barajneh”, “ElBurjBarajn”, and “Mukhayyam Burj al Barājinah”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.8475° or 33° 50′ 51″ northLongitude
35.50333° or 35° 30′ 12″ eastElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
8G5QRGW3+X8GeoNames ID
276139
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