Beirut

Beirut Governorate is a Lebanese governorate that consists of one district and one city, , which is also its capital, and the capital of .
  • Type: State with 2,500,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Beiroet Gouvernement”, “Beirut Governorate”, “Gobernacion de Beirut”, “Gobernatura de Beirut”, “Gouvernement Beiroet”, “Governorat Beirut”, “LB-BA”, “Mohafazat Beyrouth”, “Muhāfaz̧at Bayrūt”, “Провінція Бейрут”, “بيروت”, “बेरूत गवर्नरेट”, “பெய்ரூட் கவர்னரேட்”, and “பெய்ரூத் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: National Museum of Beirut and Sursock Museum.

Museum
Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.
The is the principal museum of archaeology in .

Museum
The , officially known as the Nicolas…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beirut and Ashrafieh.

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is in , it is one of Beirut's oldest…

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Beirut

Latitude
33.8884° or 33° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.5008° or 35° 30′ 3″ east
Population
2,500,000
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Open location code
8G5QVGQ2+98
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Beirut” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቤይሩት”
  • Arabic: “محافظة بيروت”
  • Armenian: “Բեյրութի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beyrut mühafəzəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beyrut”
  • Basque: “Beiruteko eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Бейрут”
  • Belarusian: “Бэйрут”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Бейрут”
  • Bengali: “বেইরুত”
  • Bengali: “বৈরুত গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Бейрут”
  • Catalan: “governació de Beirut”
  • Cebuano: “Beyrouth”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای بەیرووت”
  • Chinese: “貝魯特省”
  • Chinese: “贝鲁特省”
  • Czech: “Bejrútský guvernorát”
  • Danish: “Beirut Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Beiroet”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Bejruto”
  • Finnish: “Beiruin kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Beyrouth”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Beyrouth”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Beyrouth”
  • Georgian: “ბეირუთის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Beirut”
  • German: “Gouvernement Beirut”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Βηρυτού”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Βηρυτού”
  • Gujarati: “બેરુત ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Beirut”
  • Hebrew: “ביירות”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ביירות”
  • Hindi: “बेयरूत प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Beirut”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Beirut”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Beirut”
  • Japanese: “ベイルート”
  • Japanese: “ベイルート県”
  • Javanese: “Beirut”
  • Kannada: “ಬೈರುತ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Бейрут”
  • Kirghiz: “Бейрут”
  • Korean: “베이루트주”
  • Latvian: “Beirūtas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Beiruto muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Beirut”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Beirut”
  • Marathi: “बेरूत राज्यपाल”
  • Mazanderani: “بیروت (استان)”
  • Mazanderani: “بیروت”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beirut-guvernementet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beirut guvernement”
  • Oromo: “Bayroot”
  • Pampanga: “Beirut Governorate”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੈਰੁਤ”
  • Persian: “استان بیروت”
  • Persian: “بیروت”
  • Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Bejrut”
  • Polish: “Muhafaza Bejrut”
  • Portuguese: “Beirute”
  • Pushto: “بیروت”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Beirut”
  • Russian: “Бейрут о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Бейрут”
  • Scots: “Beirut Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “බේරූට් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Bejrút”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Bejrut”
  • Somali: “Beyruut”
  • Spanish: “Beirut”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Beirut”
  • Swahili: “Beiruti”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Beirut”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Bejrut”
  • Tajik: “Бейрут”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Байрут”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ரூத் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “பைரூத்து ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tatar: “Бейрут”
  • Telugu: “బీరట్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เบรุต”
  • Turkish: “Beyrut ili”
  • Turkish: “Beyrut”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейрут (провінція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейрут”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بیروت”
  • Uzbek: “Bayrot”
  • Vietnamese: “Beirut”
  • Western Armenian: “Պէյրութ”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝鲁特省”

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Places to explore: Basta Tahta and Patriarcat.

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Highlights: Haoud Al Wilaya Park and Walid Eido garden.

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