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Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
City Region Population Beirut: Beirut Governorate: 2,402,485 Tripoli: North Governorate: 229,398 Sidon: South Governorate: 163,554 Baalbek: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
West Beirut is predominantly inhabited by Sunni (70%) and a minority of Shia Muslims, with small but substantial numbers of Christians and Druze. East and North Beirut is predominantly Christian , of which 65% are Maronites and other Catholics and 35% are Orthodox .
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In 2012 a more detailed breakdown of the size of each Muslim sect in Lebanon was made: Shia Muslims are around 31.2% of the total population; the vast majority belong to the Twelver branch of Shi'ism. [18] [19] The Speaker of Parliament is always a Shia Muslim, as it is the only high post that Shias are eligible for.
The new embassy complex under construction in 2023. In 2013, the designer of a new embassy complex in Beirut was announced as Morphosis Architects. [5] Construction started in 2017 on a 43.87 acres (17.75 ha) site in Awkar, near the existing embassy, about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of central Beirut.
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Lebanon, [c] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [d] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [13] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline.