Haï el Knissé
Haï el Knissé is a locality in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Haï el Knissé is situated nearby to the locality Haï ej Jouar, as well as near Hadath Haret Hreïk.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Horsh Beirut.
National Museum of Beirut
Museum
Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.
The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942.
Horsh Beirut
Park
Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.
Horsh Beirut is an urban park in the heart of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar. The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres of green space within municipal Beirut.
Saint Joseph University of Beirut
University
Photo: Eddy.dossantos2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Joseph University of Beirut is a private Catholic research university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. Saint Joseph University of Beirut is situated 3½ km north of Haï el Knissé.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haret Hreik and Dahieh.
Haret Hreik
Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of 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.
Hazmiyeh
Town
Hazmieh is a city in Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, and a suburb of Beirut, part of Greater Beirut.
Haï el Knissé
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Hai el Knisse” and “Ḩayy al Kanīsah”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.85872° or 33° 51′ 31″ northLongitude
35.51662° or 35° 30′ 60″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
8G5QVG58+FJGeoNames ID
6275253
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In Other Languages
“Haï el Knissé” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي الكنيسة”
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