Beirut

Beirut Governorate is a Lebanese governorate that consists of one district and one city, , which is also its capital, and the capital of .
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  • Type: State with 2,500,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Beirut Governorate”, “Mohafazat Beyrouth”, and “Muhāfaz̧at Bayrūt”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Sursock Museum.

Museum
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The is the principal museum of archaeology in . The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942.

Museum
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The , officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim , is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.

University
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is a private research university in , , founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beirut and Ashrafieh.

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is the capital city of 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.

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is in , it is one of Beirut's oldest and most charming districts and is considered an important tourist outlet in Beirut where a great number of restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs are located.

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is the central district of Beirut, with its outdoor cafes restaurants and high end designer stores. The inner area around Nejmeh Square is pedestrian-only. is to its east, while , , Manara and to its west.

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
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13321742668
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
276780
Wiki­data ID
Q651688
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Beirut” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቤይሩት”
  • Arabic: “بيروت”
  • 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 Gouvernement”
  • Dutch: “Beiroet”
  • Dutch: “Gouvernement 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”
  • German: “LB-BA”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Βηρυτού”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Βηρυτού”
  • Gujarati: “બેરુત ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Beirut”
  • Hebrew: “ביירות”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ביירות”
  • Hindi: “बेयरूत प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “बेरूत गवर्नरेट”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat Beirut”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “LB-BA”
  • Somali: “Beyruut”
  • Spanish: “Beirut”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Beirut”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Beirut”
  • Spanish: “Gobernatura de Beirut”
  • Swahili: “Beiruti”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Beirut”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Bejrut”
  • Tajik: “Бейрут”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Байрут”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ரூட் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ரூத் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ரூத் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “பைரூத்து ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tatar: “Бейрут”
  • Telugu: “బీరట్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เบรุต”
  • Turkish: “Beyrut ili”
  • Turkish: “Beyrut”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейрут (провінція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейрут”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Бейрут”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بیروت”
  • Uzbek: “Bayrot”
  • Vietnamese: “Beirut”
  • Western Armenian: “Պէյրութ”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝鲁特省”

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