Beirut is the capital of Lebanon and has a estimated population of about 1.800.000
inhabitants.
The city lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and at the bottom of the
Lebanon Mountains.
The most popular religions in Beirut are Christians and Muslims and there is
also a minority of Druze.
Beirut was one of the most exciting and flourishing cities in the region regarding
trade and banking as well as a prosperous tourist centre until the outbreak
of the civil war in 1975.
Unfortunately this period of fighting and devastation left the city in ruins.
But by the end of the civil war in 1990 the situation established and they begun
with the rebuilding of the city hoping to get back the title of the “Paris
of the Middle East” once.
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