Karantina
La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as Karantina and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern Beirut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Beirut
- Also known as: “Al Karantīnā”, “El Karantina”, and “Quarantina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sursock Museum and Saint George Hospital.
Sursock Museum
Museum
Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.
The Sursock Museum, officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.
Saint George Hospital
Hospital
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, also known as Al-Roum Hospital, is the oldest Lebanese Christian teaching hospital founded in 1878. It is affiliated with Saint George University of Beirut and one of the three leading Lebanese medical centres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burj Hammoud and Ashrafieh.
Burj Hammoud
Town
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Bourj Hammoud is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.
Ashrafieh
Ashrafieh is in Beirut, 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.
Sin el Fil
Town
Sin el Fil is a suburb east of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Sin el Fil is situated 2½ km south of Karantina.
Karantina
- Category: locality
- Location: Beirut Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.89984° or 33° 53′ 59″ northLongitude
35.53218° or 35° 31′ 56″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8G5QVGXJ+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4807433984OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Portuguese—“Karantina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكرنتينا”
- Dutch: “Karantina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكرنتينا”
- French: “Karantina”
- French: “la Quarantaine”
- French: “La Quarantaine”
- German: “Karantina”
- Hebrew: “כרנתינא”
- Portuguese: “Karantina”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Karantina”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.