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Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. [12] From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime civilization that spanned the Mediterranean Basin. [13] In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire and the subsequent Byzantine Empire.
Beirut Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بيروت, Muhāfazat Bayrūt) is a Lebanese governorate that consists of one district and one city, Beirut, which is also its capital, and the capital of Lebanon.
Arabic: Lebanon: 22 March 1945 Beirut: 10,452: 5,261,372: Arabic: Libya: 28 March 1953 ... Only two countries where Arabic is an official language remain outside of ...
City Region Population Beirut: Beirut Governorate: 2,402,485 Tripoli: North Governorate: 229,398 Sidon: South Governorate: 163,554 Baalbek: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
BEIRUT (AP) — Banks from four Arab countries are interested in investing in Lebanon’s struggling banking sector, which was hard-hit by the small nation’s three-year economic meltdown, a top ...
In the Arab world, most films and songs are in vernacular Arabic. [36] Egypt was the most influential center of Arab media productions (movies, drama, TV series) during the 20th century, [37] but Levantine is now competing with Egyptian. [38] As of 2013, about 40% of all music production in the Arab world was in Lebanese. [37]
Israel's military said it killed 15 Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon on Thursday and bombed Beirut after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with ...