Sidon
Sign in to saveSidon ( ), 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
Article
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==