The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city.

2025年1月29日 · Beirut, capital, chief port, and largest city of Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains. It served as an economic, social, intellectual, and cultural hub of the Arab Middle East until 1975, when the city was ravaged by the country’s 15-year civil war.

2023年11月8日 · You see, travel blogs and guides often paint a picture, but Beirut… it’s a city you need to feel. From the ancient whispers of Byblos to the ever-buzzing streets of Hamra, every alley and avenue has its own tale.

Beirut (Arabic: بيروت, Bayrūt, Greek: Βηρυττός Viryttós, French: Beyrouth, Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. The first mention of the city is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters, dating to the fifteenth century B.C.E., and the city has been continuously inhabited over the centuries ...

The country’s chief port and largest city, it lies at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains. Initially settled by the Phoenicians, it gained prominence under Roman rule in the 1st century bc.

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. It is one of the richest and oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. It is on a hilly promontory on the eastern Mediterranean surrounded to the east by the snow-capped mountains of Lebanon.

2018年12月4日 · Visit the city that got its groove back. Beirut, the city of contrasts, where the jacaranda flowers and oleander fill the streets and gardens of old, crumbling French-style villas, where one shop window glitters with ancient Roman glass and priceless ancient art pieces and the next doorway is riddled with bullet holes, relics of the 2006 civil war.

2025年1月18日 · Beirut - Mediterranean, Capital, Reconstruction: Beirut was occupied by the Allies at the end of World War I, and the city was established by the French mandatory authorities in 1920 as the capital of the State of Greater Lebanon, which in …

2023年9月8日 · Jutting out into the Mediterranean, Beirut is encircled by sandy beaches, limestone cliffs and soaring mountains. Its rich natural surroundings stand in stark contrast to the chaotic cityscape that defines Beirut, with its imposing apartment blocks and historic houses, all bundled together.

Beirut 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, which ma...