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about Beirut

Beirut (بيروت) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. Beirut is the home of about 1.8 million people (2.1 million if the surrounding metropolitan areas are included).

The city is one of the most diverse of the Middle East, as it is shared by Christians (Maronites, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholics, Roman Catholic, and Protestants), and Muslims (Sunni and Shi'ite) as well as a minority of Druze. Most of the Jews of Beirut emigrated to the USA when the war started in 1975 and now predominantly live in Brooklyn, New York City. Beirut was torn apart during the Lebanese Civil War and was divided between the Muslim West Beirut and the Christian East.

Beirut is the commercial, banking and financial center of the region, with twenty-one universities including the American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University (originally the first women's college in the Middle East), Université de Saint-Joseph, Hagazian University, Lebanese University, American University College of Science and Technology, and Beirut Arab University.

The city is home to Beirut International Airport and is set to host the Winter Asian Games and Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) in 2009.

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