Tîro
Tîro is a building in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Tîro is situated nearby to the village Choueifat, as well as near the suburb Dahieh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Embassy of the Philippines and Serail Baabda.
Embassy of the Philippines
Government office
The Embassy of the Philippines in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Republic of Lebanon. Opened in 1996, it is currently located at the W Building on Rue Mar Geries in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadeth, part of the Baabda District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Embassy of the Philippines is situated 3½ km northeast of Tîro.
Serail Baabda
Office building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in Baabda, Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. Serail Baabda is situated 3½ km northeast of Tîro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Choueifat and Dahieh.
Choueifat
Village
Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of Beirut in Lebanon. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as Dahieh.
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. Dahieh is situated 2½ km north of Tîro.
Kfarshima
Town
Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Kfarshima is situated 3 km east of Tîro.
Tîro
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Tiro”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.82056° or 33° 49′ 14″ northLongitude
35.50667° or 35° 30′ 24″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8G5QRGC4+6MGeoNames ID
6273777
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