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Beirut
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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. Greater Beirut is home to just under half of Lebanon's population, making 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.
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PopulationCity-proper figure, 2017; the lead paragraph separately gives a Greater Beirut metropolitan population of about 2.4 million as of 2025. Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Cross-Tradition Connections
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Beirut is Lebanon's capital.
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Beirut is Lebanon's capital.
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1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
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1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
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1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
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1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
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1. Beirut (Wikipedia)
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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.
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