Ghobeiry

Ghobeiry is a municipality in the of , . The inhabitants of Ghobeiry are predominantly Shia Muslims. In May 1988, following three weeks of intense fighting between Amal and Hezbollah, Ghobeiry and Chiyah were the only districts of Beirut that Amal was able to retain control of, the rest of Southern Beirut coming under Hizbullah control.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Ghbeiry” and “Ghobeiri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horsh Beirut and Rafic Hariri University Hospital.

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 .

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 .

Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Pine Residence, is the official residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon, situated in Beirut’s . The residence is of notable historical significance, as it was from its porch that General Henri Gouraud proclaimed the establishment of the State of Greater Lebanon on 1 September 1920.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haret Hreik and Beirut.

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.

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.

Suburb
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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.

Ghobeiry

Latitude
33.85976° or 33° 51′ 35″ north
Longitude
35.50567° or 35° 30′ 20″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8G5QVG54+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5421872500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7838988
Wiki­data ID
Q25230591
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ghobeiry” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغبيري”
  • Arabic: “غبيري”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الغبيرى”
  • French: “Ghobeiry”
  • German: “Ghobeiry”
  • Irish: “Ghobeiry”
  • Italian: “Ghbeireh”
  • Persian: “غبیری”
  • Urdu: “الغبیری، لبنان”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Municipality of Ghobeiry and Sahel General Hospital.

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