Local time
Wed, 10:07 PM GMT+2Asia/BeirutCityCapital
Beirut
33.87° N, 35.51° E
- Population
- 1,846,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 6
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 6 cities of Lebanon in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Lebanon, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 20 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Beirut Governorate
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Asia/Beirut
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Beirut, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Beirut have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Beirut derives from the Phoenician or Hebrew word "be'erot," meaning "the wells," which were the only source of water in the region.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
