What is Beirut?
{{expand Arabic}} {{use dmy dates}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Beirut | native_name = {{lang|ar|بيروت}} | settlement_type = [[Municipality]] <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Beirut Skyline.jpg | imagesize = 265px | image_caption = Beirut Skyline | image_flag = Flag of Beirut.svg | image_seal = Blason de Beyrouth.png <!-- maps and coordinates --> | pushpin_map = Lebanon | pushpin_mapsize = 265px | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|33|53|13.0|N|35|30|47.0|E}} <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{LBN}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]] <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jamal Itani <!-- area --> | area_total_km2 = 19.60 <!-- population --> | population_total = 433,249 | population_as_of = December 31, 2017 | population_density_km2 = 22,105 <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +02:00 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = <!-- blank fields (section 1) --> | blank_name_sec2 = [[ISO 3166-2:LB|ISO 3166 code]] | blank_info_sec2 = | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{Official|1=http://www.beirut.gov.lb/}} }} '''Beirut''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of [[Lebanon]]. It is one of the richest and oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. It is on a [[hill]]y [[:wikt:promontory|promontory]] on the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] surrounded to the east by the snow-capped mountains of Lebanon. It was a cultural