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Beirut Governorate, Lebanoni
Regional Level Types
Beirut GovernorateGovernorate
LebanonCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Beirut1,916,100 (2017)
Ra’s Bayrūt1,251,739 (2006)
Mindat Locality ID:
288812
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:288812:8
GUID (UUID V4):
ae04c112-5187-4498-9c27-243fdeccbdc9
Other Languages:
Arabic:
بيروت, لبنان
French:
Beyrouth, Liban
German:
Beirut, Libanon
Italian:
Beirut, Libano
Russian:
Бейрут, Ливан
Simplified Chinese:
贝鲁特, 黎巴嫩
Spanish:
Beirut, Líbano
Achinese:
Beirut, Lubnan
Afrikaans:
Beiroet, Libanon
Albanian:
Bejrut, Libani
Amharic:
ቤይሩት, ሊባኖስ
Anglo-Saxon:
Berytus, Libanus
Aragonese:
Beirut, Liban
Aramaic:
ܒܝܪܘܬ
Armenian:
Բեյրութ, Լիբանան
Aromanian:
Beirut
Assamese:
বেইৰুত
Asturian:
Beirut, El Líbanu
Azeri:
Beyrut, Livan
Bashkir:
Бәйрүт, Ливан
Basque:
Beirut, Libano
Belarusian:
Бейрут, Ліван
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Бэйрут, Лібан
Bengali:
বৈরুত, লেবানন
Bosnian:
Bejrut, Liban
Breton:
Beirout, Liban
Bulgarian:
Бейрут, Ливан
Burmese:
ဘေရွတ်မြို့, လက်ဘနွန်နိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
Beirut, Líban
Cebuano:
Beirut, Libano
Central Bikol:
Beirut, Lebanon
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
بەیرووت
Chechen:
Бейрут, Ливан
Chuvash:
Бейрут, Ливан
Croatian:
Beirut, Libanon
Czech:
Bejrút, Libanon
Danish:
Beirut, Libanon
Dutch:
Beiroet, Libanon
Egyptian Arabic:
بيروت, لبنان
Erzya:
Бейрут ош
Esperanto:
Bejruto, Libano
Estonian:
Beirut, Liibanon
Extremaduran:
Beirut, Líbanu
Faroese:
Beirut, Libanon
Farsi/Persian:
بیروت, لبنان
Fiji Hindi:
Beirut, Lebanon
Finnish:
Beirut, Libanon
Gagauz:
Beyrut, Livan
Galician:
Beirut, Líbano
Georgian:
ბეირუთი, ლიბანი
Greek:
Βηρυτός, Λίβανος
Greenlandic:
Beirut, Lebanon
Guarani:
Beirut, Lívano
Gujarati:
બેરૂત, લેબેનાન
Haitian:
Bewout, Liban
Hakka:
Beirut, Lì-pâ-nun
Hausa:
Berut, Lebanon
Hebrew:
ביירות, לבנון
Hindi:
बेयरूत, लेबनान
Hungarian:
Bejrút, Libanon
Icelandic:
Beirút, Líbanon
Ido:
Beirut, Libano
Iloko:
Beirut, Lebanon
Indonesian:
Beirut, Lebanon
Interlingua:
Beirut, Libano
Interlingue:
Beirut
Irish Gaelic:
Béiriút, An Liobáin
Japanese:
ベイルート, レバノン
Javanese:
Beirut, Libanon
Kabiye:
Peehiruti, Liibaŋ
Kabyle:
Birut, Lubnan
Kannada:
ಬೈರುತ್
Kapampangan:
Beirut, Libano
Karakalpak:
Beyrut, Livan
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бейрут, Ливан
Korean:
베이루트, 레바논
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Bêrût, Libnan
Kyrgyz:
Бейрут, Ливан
Latin:
Berytus, Libanus
Latvian:
Beirūta, Libāna
Ligurian:
Beirut, Libano
Limburgian:
Beiroet, Libanon
Lithuanian:
Beirutas, Libanas
Livvi-Karelian:
Beirut, Livanu
Lombard:
Beirut, Liban
Luri:
بیروت, لوبنان
Luxembourgish:
Beirut, Libanon
Macedonian:
Бејрут, Либан
Maithili:
बेरुत
Malagasy:
Beirut, Libana
Malay:
Beirut, Lubnan
Malayalam:
ബെയ്റൂത്ത്, ലെബനാൻ
Manx:
Beirut, Yn Livaan
Marathi:
बैरूत, लेबेनॉन
Mazanderani:
بیروت, لبنان
Meadow Mari:
Бейрут, Ливан
Min Dong Chinese:
Beirut, Lé-bă-nâung
Minangkabau:
Beirut
Mingrelian:
ბეირუთი, ლიბანი
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Beyrouth
Mirandese:
Beirute
Moksha:
Бейрут ошсь, Ливан
Mongolian:
Бейрут, Ливан
Nahuatl:
Beirut, Libano
Neapolitan:
Beirut, Libbano
Nepali:
बेरुत, लेबनान
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
बेय्रुत, लेबानन
Norwegian:
Beirut, Libanon
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Beirut, Libanon
Novial:
Beyrut, Liban
Occitan:
Beirot, Liban
Odia:
ବିରୁଟ, ଲେବାନନ
Ossetian:
Бейрут, Ливан
Papiamento:
Beirut, Líbano
Piedmontese:
Beirut, Lìban
Polish:
Bejrut, Liban
Portuguese:
Beirute, Líbano
Punjabi:
ਬੈਰੂਤ, ਲਿਬਨਾਨ
Quechua:
Beyrut, Libanu
Romanian:
Beirut, Liban
Russia Buriat:
Бейрут, Ливан
Sardinian:
Beirut, Lìbanu
Saterland Frisian:
Beirut, Libanon
Scots:
Beirut, Lebanon
Scottish Gaelic:
Beirut, Leabanon
Serbian:
Бејрут, Либан
Serbo-Croatian:
Bejrut, Libanon
Shona:
Beirut, Lebanon
Sicilian:
Beirut, Lìbbanu
Silesian:
Bejrut, Liban
Sinhalese:
බේරුට්, ලෙබනන් සමුහාණ්ඩුව
Slovak:
Bejrút, Libanon
Slovenian:
Bejrut, Libanon
Somali:
Beyruut, Lubnaan
South Azerbaijani:
بیروت, لوبنان
Swahili:
Beirut, Lebanoni
Swedish:
Beirut, Libanon
Tagalog:
Beirut, Lebanon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Бейрут, Лубнон
Tamil:
பைறூத்து, லெபனான்
Tatar:
Бәйрут, Ливан
Telugu:
బేరూత్, లెబనాన్
Tetum:
Beirute, Líbanu
Thai:
เบรุต, ประเทศเลบานอน
Tibetan (Standard):
པེ་རུ་ཐེ།, ལེ་པ་ནོན།
Traditional Chinese:
貝魯特, 黎巴嫩
Turkish:
Beyrut, Lübnan
Turkmen:
Beýrut, Liwan
Udmurt:
Бейрут, Ливан
Ukrainian:
Бейрут, Ліван
Upper Sorbian:
Beirut, Libanon
Urdu:
بیروت, لبنان
Uyghur:
بېيرۇت, لىۋان
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Bayrut, Livan
Veps:
Beirut, Livan
Vietnamese:
Beirut, Liban
Volapük:
Bäyrut, Libanän
Võro:
Beirut
Waray:
Beirut, Libano
Welsh:
Beirut, Libanus
West Frisian:
Beirût, Libanon
Western Punjabi:
بیروت, لبنان
Wu Chinese:
贝鲁特, 黎巴嫩
Yakut:
Бейрут, Либан
Yiddish:
ביירוט, לבנון
Yoruba:
Beirut, Lẹ́bánọ́nì
Zazaki:
Beyrut, Lubnan


Beirut Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بيروت‎, Muhāfazat Bayrūt) is a Lebanese governorate that consists of one district and one city, Beirut, which is also its capital, and the capital of Lebanon.

The area of this governorate is 19.8 km² (without suburbs); despite its small size, it is considered the most important region in Lebanon because of its economic, political, cultural, and social activity.

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Description: Olivine Composition Fa26 (Ave).
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Unclassified
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
SiSilicon
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences19
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Acanthochirana
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Aegeridae : Acanthochirana145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Eryma
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae : Eryma145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Palinurus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Palinuridae : Palinurus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Penaeus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Penaeus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Pseudastacus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Stenochiridae : Pseudastacus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Acanthochirana cenomanica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Aegeridae : Acanthochirana : Acanthochirana cenomanica145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Aeger libanensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Aegeridae : Aeger : Aeger libanensis145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Benthesicymus libanensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Benthesicymidae : Benthesicymus : Benthesicymus libanensis145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Carpopenaeus callirostris
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Carpopenaeidae : Carpopenaeus : Carpopenaeus callirostris145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Carpopenaeus septemspinatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Carpopenaeidae : Carpopenaeus : Carpopenaeus septemspinatus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Carinacaris teruzzii
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Carinacaris : Carinacaris teruzzii145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Hakelocaris vavassorii
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Hakelocaris : Hakelocaris vavassorii145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Libanocaris rogeri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Libanocaris : Libanocaris rogeri145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Macropenaeus incertus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Macropenaeus : Macropenaeus incertus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Microchela rostrata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Microchela : Microchela rostrata145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Odontochelion
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Oplophoridae : Odontochelion145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Homarus hakelensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nephropidae : Homarus : Homarus hakelensis145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Palibacus praecursor
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Scyllaridae : Palibacus : Palibacus praecursor145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Striadiogenes frigerioi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Diogenidae : Striadiogenes : Striadiogenes frigerioi100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut_Governorate
Wikidata ID:Q3820
GeoNames ID:276780

Localities in this Region

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