See soorce fer Sidon

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'''Sidon''' or '''Saïda''' ('''{{lang-ar|صيدا}}''', ''{{transl|ar|Ṣaydā}}''; [[Phoenician leid|Phoenician]]: <span dir="rtl">[[File:Phoenician sade.svg|12px|צ]][[File:Phoenician daleth.svg|12px|ד]][[File:Phoenician nun.svg|12px|ן]]</span>, ''Ṣydwn''; {{lang-el|Σιδών}}; {{lang-la|Sidon}}; {{lang-he|צידון}}, ''Ṣīḏōn'', {{lang-tr|Sayda}}) is the third-lairgest ceety in [[Lebanon]]. It is locatit in the [[Sooth Govrenorate]] o Lebanon, on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast, aboot 40&nbsp;km (25&nbsp;mi) north o [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] an 40&nbsp;km (25&nbsp;mi) sooth o the caipital [[Beirut]]. In [[Beuk o Genesis|Genesis]], Sidon is the son o [[Canaan (biblical figure)|Canaan]] the grandson o [[Noah]]. Its name coincides wi the modren Arabic wird for fishery.

Sidon is a ceety o 200,000 inhabitants who are owerwhelmingly [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]

== Internaitional relations ==
=== Twin touns — Sister ceeties ===
{{See an aa|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Lebanon}}

Sidon is [[Twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi:
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Constanţa]], [[Romanie]]
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Sofia]], [[Bulgarie]]
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sochi]], [[Roushie]]

[[Category:Populatit places in the Sooth Govrenorate]]
[[Category:Sidon Destrict]]
[[Category:Populatit coastal places in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Phoenicie ceeties]]
[[Category:Phoenicie steids in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Ebreu Bible ceeties]]
[[Category:Torah ceeties]]
[[Category:Hellenistic colonies]]
[[Category:Auncient ceeties]]
[[Category:Roman colonies]]
[[Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Populatit places established in the 4t millennium BC]]
[[Category:Hivy Neolithic steids]]
[[Category:Airchaeological steids in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Fertile Crescent]]