Burj El Brajneh
Burj El Brajneh is a town in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Burj El Brajneh is situated nearby to the suburb Dahieh, as well as near the neighborhood Lailake.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rafic Hariri University Hospital and Horsh Beirut.
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest Lebanese public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of Beirut. Rafic Hariri University Hospital is situated 2½ km north of Burj El Brajneh.
Horsh Beirut
Park
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. Horsh Beirut is situated 3½ km north of Burj El Brajneh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahieh and Haret Hreik.
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.
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.
Beirut
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon 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.
Burj El Brajneh
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Borj El Barajneh” and “Burj al-Barajneh”
- Category: locality
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.84106° or 33° 50′ 28″ northLongitude
35.49904° or 35° 29′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8G5QRFRX+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 382345519OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Burj El Brajneh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج البراجنة”
- French: “Bourj El Barajneh”
- German: “Burj El Brajneh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lailake and Ouzai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Al Rasoul Al Azam Hospital and مسجد الرسول الأعظم.
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