El Mina
Mina is a coastal city in Lebanon. It occupies the old Phoenician city of Tripoli. It is on the Mediterranean and it is one of the most lively cities in Lebanon. Mina means "Harbour" and it was called "Askala" until 1978.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Al Iskilah”, “Al Mīnā’”, “El Mîna”, and “El Mina, Lebanon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lion Tower and Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles.
Lion Tower
Castle
Photo: Chick Bowen, Public domain.
The Barsbay Tower, also known as Lions Tower, is a small Mamluk military fortress located at the far eastern end of the Tripoli harbor in North Lebanon.
Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Citadel of Tripoli is a 12th-century fortress in Tripoli, Lebanon. It was built at the top of a hill "during the initial Frankish siege of the city between 1102 and 1109" on the orders of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, who baptized it the Castle of Mount Pilgrim while local Muslims have been referring to it as the Castle of Saint-Gilles.
Tripoli International Olympic Stadium
Pitch
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The International Olympic Stadium is a 22,400 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Tripoli, Lebanon. Formerly used for football matches, the stadium is mainly used for international rugby league tests. It also has athletics facilities.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tripoli.
Tripoli
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. Situated 81 km north of the capital Beirut, it is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District.
El Mina
- Category: human settlement
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tatar—“El Mina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الإسكلة”
- Arabic: “الميناء”
- Arabic: “مينا”
- Asturian: “El Mina”
- Catalan: “El Mina”
- Chinese: “米納”
- Dutch: “El Mina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مينا”
- French: “El Mina”
- Japanese: “エル・ミナ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “El Mina i Libanon”
- Persian: “مینا، لبنان”
- Persian: “مینا”
- Russian: “Эль-Мина”
- Spanish: “El Mina”
- Swedish: “El Mina, Libanon”
- Swedish: “El Mina”
- Tatar: “Әль-Мина каласы”
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