بیروت

Also known as Beyrout

پایتخت لبنان

AI overview

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population of about 2.4 million people as of 2025. The city has been continuously inhabited for over 5,000 years, making it one of the world's oldest cities, and it sits on Lebanon's Mediterranean coast.

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In the Vinony graph

بیروت is indexed among the 222 entries in Vinony's National Capitals collection.

Within Vinony's link graph, بیروت is referenced by 9,518 other articles, and connects out to French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, Arab Capital of Culture and Berytus.

The entry is geolocated on the map in BA, across 3 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Beirut, Capital cities in Asia and Greater Beirut.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Beirut
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city and municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau de Beyrouth.png
Settlement.image_shield: Blason de Beyrouth.png
Settlement.seal_size: 60px
Settlement.motto: Berytus Nutrix Legum Beirut, mother of laws
Settlement.nickname: Paris of the East
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lebanon#Asia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Beirut within Lebanon##Location within Asia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Beirut
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.leader_name: Marwan Abboud (Independent)
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1: Ibrahim Zeidan (National Dialogue Party)