Geography Beirut

1 geography

1.1 climate
1.2 environmental issues
1.3 quarters , sectors

geography

pigeon rock (raouché)



beirut seen spot satellite

beirut sits on peninsula extending westward mediterranean sea 94 km (58 mi) north of lebanon-israel border. flanked lebanon mountains , has taken on triangular shape, largely influenced situation between , atop 2 hills: al-ashrafieh , al-musaytibah. beirut governorate occupies 18 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi), , city s metropolitan area 67 square kilometres (26 sq mi). coast rather diverse, rocky beaches, sandy shores , cliffs situated beside 1 another.

climate

beirut has hot-summer mediterranean climate (köppen: csa) characterized mild days , nights. autumn , spring warm, winter mild , rainy, , summer can virtually rainless. august considered hot muggy month, monthly average high temperature of 32 °c (90 °f), , january , february coldest months, monthly average low temperature of 11 °c (52 °f). prevailing wind during afternoon , evening west (onshore, blowing in mediterranean); @ night reverses offshore, blowing land out sea.

the average annual rainfall 825 millimetres (32.5 in), majority falling in winter, autumn , spring. of autumn , spring rain falls in heavy downpours on limited number of days, in winter spread more evenly on large number of days. summer receives little rainfall, if any. snow rare, except in mountainous eastern suburbs, snowfall common due region s high altitudes.

environmental issues

lebanon, beirut , suburbs, suffered massive garbage crisis, july 2015 march 2016. issue began when authorities shut down main landfill site beirut s garbage southeast of city , failed provide alternative solutions months. result, garbage mounted in streets in greater beirut , caused protests erupt, invoked police action. problem commonly blamed on country’s political situation. garbage crisis birthed movement called stink directed @ country s politicians. in march 2016, government came so-called temporary solution establish 2 new landfills east , south of city store garbage, while several municipalities across country, in unprecedented move, began recycling , managing waste more efficiently, building waste-management facilities , relying on rather central government.

quarters , sectors


map of 12 quarters of beirut

beirut divided 12 quarters (quartiers):

achrafieh
ein mreisse
bachoura
mazraa
medawar
minet el hosn
moussaitbeh
port
ras beirut
rmeil
saifi
zuqaq al-blat

these quarters divided sectors (secteurs).

badaro edgy, bohemian style neighborhood, within green district of beirut (secteur du parc) include beirut hippodrome , beirut pine forest , french ambassador s pine residence. 1 of beirut s favorite hip nightlife destination.

two of twelve official palestinian refugee camps in lebanon located in southern suburbs of beirut: bourj el-barajneh , shatila. there 1 within municipal boundaries: mar elias. of fifteen unregistered or unofficial refugee camps, sabra, lies adjacent shatila, located in southern beirut.

people in lebanon use different names same geographic locations, , few people rely on official, government-provided street numbers. instead, historic , commercial landmarks more common.