Beirut

capital and largest city of Lebanon
Organization big_city Q3820
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Beirut

Summary

Beirut is a big city[1]. Beirut has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Beirut was a member of Creative Cities Network[3].
  • Beirut is located in Beirut Governorate[4].
  • Beirut is in the country of Lebanon[5].
  • Beirut is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea[6].
  • Beirut's head of government is recorded as Abdallah Darwish[7].
  • Beirut's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Beirut's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity[9].
  • Beirut's instance of is recorded as largest city[10].
  • Beirut's instance of is recorded as national capital[11].
  • Beirut's official language is recorded as Arabic[12].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ashrafieh[13].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ras Beirut[14].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zuqaq al-Blat[15].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bachoura[16].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Saifi[17].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mousseitbeh[18].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rmeil[19].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Port of Beirut[20].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dar Mreisseh[21].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Medawar[22].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Minet El Hosn[23].
  • Beirut's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mazraa[24].
  • Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cairo[25].
  • Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Istanbul[26].
  • Beirut's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amman[27].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Beirut include layali lubnan[28], a dessert[29]; Ya Beyrouth[30], a website[31], in Lebanon[32], founded in 2004[33]; and Beirut[34], a musical group[35], founded in 2006[36].

Why It Matters

Beirut has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Beirut is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Beirut include layali lubnan[28], a dessert[29]; Ya Beyrouth[30], a website[31], in Lebanon[32], founded in 2004[33]; and Beirut[34], a musical group[35], founded in 2006[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . today.lorientlejour.com. today.lorientlejour.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [6] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00
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  2. 17d ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 25d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id 2784
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 2784, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167475697|SYRIA BEIRUT (#167475697)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  4. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Q29218
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  5. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 1C9TEq
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  6. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag beirut
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: beirut, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911585|beirut (#289911585)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 12w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition or translation of Q137960421
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  8. 13w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people Category:People from Beirut
    Nomisma id berytus
    Patron saint Saint George
    History of topic timeline of Beirut history
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||knc, az */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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