Haï el Knissé

Haï el Knissé is a locality in , . Haï el Knissé is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Rafic Hariri University Hospital.

Museum
Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.
The is the principal museum of archaeology in . The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. is situated 3 km north of Haï el Knissé.

Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of .

Park
Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.
is an in the heart of the capital of , . The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar. The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres of green space within municipal .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haret Hreik and Dahieh.

Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the suburbs, south of , . It is part of the . Once an agricultural and Christian village, lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.

Suburb
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of , in the of . It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Haï el Knissé

Latitude
33.85215° or 33° 51′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.50358° or 35° 30′ 13″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8G5QVG23+VC
Geo­Names ID
6274926
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In Other Languages

“Haï el Knissé” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي الكنيسة”

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