Sidon

Summary

Sidon is a city^[1]. Sidon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Sidon is located in Sidon District^[3].
• Sidon is located in Phoenicia^[4].
• Sidon is in the country of Lebanon^[5].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[8].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Constanța^[9].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sofia^[10].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sochi^[11].
• Sidon's Commons category is recorded as Sidon^[12].
• Sidon's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern European Time^[13].
• Sidon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.56055555555555, 'lon': 35.37583333333333}^[14].
• Sidon's significant event is recorded as Siege of Sidon^[15].
• Sidon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sidon^[16].
• Sidon's Commons gallery is recorded as Sidon^[17].
• Sidon has a population of {'amount': '+200000'}^[18].
• Sidon has a population of {'amount': '+163554'}^[19].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[20].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[21].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[24].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Sidon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Sidon is in the country of Lebanon^[5]. Located in include Sidon District^[3], a district of Lebanon^[28], in Lebanon^[29] and Phoenicia^[4], a historical country^[30], founded in -2500^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Sidon covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+7000000'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+200000'}^[18] and {'amount': '+163554'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and ancient city^[8]. Sidon's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[33].

Why It Matters

Sidon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Sidon is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]