Beirut

Summary

Beirut is a big city^[1]. Beirut draws 1,213 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #55 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beirut was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Beirut is located in Beirut Governorate^[4].
• Beirut is in the country of Lebanon^[5].
• Beirut is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[6].
• Beirut's head of government is recorded as Abdallah Darwish^[7].
• Beirut's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Beirut's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[9].
• Beirut's instance of is recorded as largest city^[10].
• Beirut's instance of is recorded as national capital^[11].
• Beirut's official language is recorded as Arabic^[12].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ashrafieh^[13].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ras Beirut^[14].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zuqaq al-Blat^[15].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bachoura^[16].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Saifi^[17].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mousseitbeh^[18].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rmeil^[19].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Port of Beirut^[20].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dar Mreisseh^[21].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Medawar^[22].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Minet El Hosn^[23].
• Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mazraa^[24].
• Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cairo^[25].
• Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Istanbul^[26].
• Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amman^[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Beirut include Beirut^[28], a musical group^[29], founded in 2006^[30]; layali lubnan^[31], a dessert^[32]; and Ya Beyrouth^[33], a website^[34], in Lebanon^[35], founded in 2004^[36].

Why It Matters

Beirut draws 1,213 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #55 of 300).^[2] Beirut has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Beirut is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Beirut include Beirut^[28], a musical group^[29], founded in 2006^[30]; layali lubnan^[31], a dessert^[32]; and Ya Beyrouth^[33], a website^[34], in Lebanon^[35], founded in 2004^[36].