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West beirut was for 15 years the name of the western side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides East Beirut
East Beirut

East beirut was for 15 years the name of the eastern side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides West Beirut and East Beirut....
 and West Beirut
West Beirut

West beirut was for 15 years the name of the western side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides East Beirut and West Beirut....
. Beirut (Bayrut) is now united again and is the capital and largest city of Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs.






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West beirut was for 15 years the name of the western side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides East Beirut
East Beirut

East beirut was for 15 years the name of the eastern side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides West Beirut and East Beirut....
 and West Beirut
West Beirut

West beirut was for 15 years the name of the western side of the capitol of Lebanon, as the civil war had divided the city to two sides East Beirut and West Beirut....
. Beirut (Bayrut) is now united again and is the capital and largest city of Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs. The first mention of this metropolis is found in the ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian Tell el Amarna letters, dating to the 15th century BC, and the city has been continuously inhabited over the centuries since.