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Sidon
Also known as Zidon
Sidon ( ), or Saida ( ; ), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, to the south, and the Lebanese capital of Beirut, to the north, are each about away. Sidon has a population of about 80,000 within the city limits, while its metropolitan area has more than a quarter-million inhabitants.
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Sidon is the third-largest city in Lebanon, located on the Mediterranean coast and serving as the capital of the South Governorate. With a population of about 80,000 in the city proper and over 250,000 in its metropolitan area, it is strategically positioned between the southern city of Tyre and the capital Beirut to the north.
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Place details
- Locality
- صيدا
- Region
- محافظة الجنوب
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
- 163,554
- Timezone
Travel guide
Get in
Take a bus or a car for a 1-hour drive from Beirut. A minibus from Beirut's Cola station costs 2000 L.L. per person. The buses arrive in the centre of the city, nearby the Sea Castle and other sights.
Get around
Getting around in Sidon as in all Lebanon is best by taking a taxi. Cabs provide two services: 1. A taxi ride with a fare charge of 5000 L.L. around 3.25 $ and 2. "Service" is the word you use to permit other passengers to board and then the charge is 2000 L.L. around 1.25 $
Buy
In the old souks, facing the Sea Castle, you can buy traditionally made soap.
For traditional sweets, go for the locals' favorites: (Seaside road), (Eastern Boulevard), (Siti Nafissi street).
Eat
The following restaurants offer traditional Lebanese food: , , .
For quick and cheap snacks: and Abu Rami's Falafel.
Local restaurants and chains: , and .
International chains are also available, such as: McDonald's, and .
Drink
Due to its more conservative nature, alcoholic drinks are not offered in the city's restaurants, cafes or supermarkets. However, delicious chunky fruit cocktails, julabs, Amar El Dine, tamarind juice and other types of traditional fruit juices are offered in the city's "juice shops".
Stay safe
It has sometimes been unsafe to visit the Ein el-Helweh Refugee Camp due to armed conflict, so check current conditions if you want to go there. The rest of the city is normally safe.
Go next
Tyre — an important coastal city located more south.
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42 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistory
- Middle Bronze
- Middle Bronze IIA
- Late Bronze
- Late Bronze II
- Iron Age
- Persian and Hellenistic periods
- Roman period
- Crusader-Ayyubid period
- Ottoman period
- After World War I
- Politics
- Impact on Sidon of regional underdevelopment
- The former ''Makab'' (waste dump) and the treatment plant
- Local government
- Demographics
- Main sights
- Education
- Archaeology
- Bronze Age city and kingdom
- City of Sidon (Sidon IV site)
- Tell el-Burak MBA settlement
- MBA kingdom of Sidon
- Excavation history
- In the Bible
- Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- New Testament
- In ancient mythology
- Gallery
- International relations
- Twin towns and sister cities
- Notable people
- In antiquity and the pre-modern era
- In the modern era
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Sidon ( ), or Saida ( ; ), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, to the south, and the Lebanese capital of Beirut, to the north, are each about away. Sidon has a population of about 80,000 within the city limits, while its metropolitan area has more than a quarter-million inhabitants.
==Etymology==
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