Beirut

Lebanon

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world.

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Country: Lebanon
Population: 1,846,000
Latitude: 33.87° N
Longitude: 35.51° E

Which way is Beirut from…

From Paris, Beirut lies at 109° to the east, 3,192 km as the crow flies.

Paris	109° east	3,192 km
London	111° east	3,458 km
New York	52° north-east	9,027 km
Madrid	89° east	3,521 km
Rome	106° east	2,199 km
Montreal	53° north-east	8,677 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	340° north	6,444 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Beirut is on the same latitude as Rabat and Islamabad. From London, Lebanon’s capital lies east, at 111°, 3,458 km away. From New York, a flat map would also put it east, at 94°, but the compass says 52°, north-east. And Damascus is close by, just 84 km to the south-east.