Beirut (lbn)

Beirut

Beirut ranks 239th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bremen, Cardiff, and Sacramento, California. Memorable people born in Beirut include Keanu Reeves, Amin Maalouf, and Eusebius of Nicomedia. Memorable people who died in Beirut include Jude the Apostle, Amin al-Husseini, and Rafic Hariri. Beirut has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Beirut is located in Lebanon.

Beirut 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, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. Read more on Wikipedia