Beirut

Beirut
Beirut; بيروت Bayrūt; Beyrouth (French)
	— Ceety —
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	; Beirut Location in Lebanon. The surroondin destrict can be seen on the map.
	Coordinates: 33°53′13″N 35°30′47″E / 33.88694°N 35.51306°E
Kintra	Lebanon
Govrenorate	Beirut, Caipital Ceety
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Bilal Hamad
	Aurie
- Ceety	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
- Urban	100 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
- Metro	200 km2 (77.2 sq mi)
	Indwallers
- Ceety	750,000
- Urban	1,900,000
- Metro	2,250,000 ~ 3,000,000
Time zone	+2
- Simmer (DST)	+3 (UTC)
Wabsteid	Ceety o Beirut

Beirut (Arabic: بيروت‎, Bayrūt) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Lebanon wi a population rangin frae some 1 million tae ower 2 million as o 2007. Locatit on a peninsulae at the midpoint o Lebanon's coastline wi the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the kintra's lairgest an main seaport, an an' a' forms the Beirut Metropolitan Aurie, which consists o the ceety an its suburbs. The first mention o this metropolis is foond in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters, datin tae the 15t century BC, an the ceety haes been continuously inhabitit syne.

Beirut haulds Lebanon's seat o govrenment, an plays a central role in the Lebanese economy wi its ceety centre, Hamra, Verdun, an Ashrafieh-based corporate firms an banks. The ceety is the focal point o the region's cultural life, renouned for its press, theatres, cultural activities, an nichtlife. Efter the destructive Lebanese ceevil war, Beirut unnerwent major reconstruction,^[1]^[2]^[3] an the redesigned historic ceety centre, marina, pubs an nichtlife destricts hae ance again rendered it a tourist attraction. Beirut wis named the top place tae visit in 2009 bi The New York Times.^[4] It wis an aa leetit as ane o the ten liveliest ceeties in the warld bi Lonely Planet in 2009.^[5]