Greater Beirut

Greater Beirut (Arabic: بيروت الكبرى; French: Grand Beyrouth) is the urban agglomeration comprising the city of Beirut (Beirut Governorate) and the adjacent municipalities over the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It does not constitute a single administrative unit. Greater Beirut geographically stretches south to the Damour River in the Chouf District until it reaches the "Nahr al-Kalb" river in the Keserwan District in the north. It also comprises many towns and cities in the mountains in the Aley District, Baabda District and Metn District Districts, most notably being the cities of Baabda, Beit Mery, Bchamoun and Mtaileb. The conurbation spreads south, east, and north of Beirut city. To the west, the Eastern Mediterranean Sea serves as a natural boundary.

Demographics

Greater Beirut is equally split between Christians and Muslims:

West Beirut is predominantly inhabited by Sunni(70%) and a minority of Shia Muslims, with small but substantial numbers of Christians and Druze.
East Beirut is predominantly Christian, of which 32% are Maronites and other Catholics and 23% are Orthodox.
South Beirut Suburbs also known as Dahieh, is predominantly Shia Muslim (85%) with small co-existing minorities of Sunnis and Christians.

Greater Beirut
First-level administrative divisions	Beirut City
List of cities	Ain Aanoub Ain Saadeh Antelias Aramoun Baabda Basateen Bdadoun Bechamoun Citu of Beirut Beit Chabab Beit Mary Bourj Hammoud Bourj el-Barajneh Bsaba Bsalim Choueifat Chemlane Chiyah Damour Dahieh Dbayeh Dora Dekwaneh Hadath Hazmieh Jal el Dib Jdeideh Khaldeh Kfarshima Mansourieh Mkalles Mtaileb Na'ameh Naccache Qornet Shehwan Rabieh Roumieh Yarze Zalka

Matn District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Jdeideh
Towns and villages	Ain Aar Ain el Safssaf Ain el Sendianeh Ain Saadeh Aintoura Amaret Chalhoub Antelias Aoukar Al-Ayroun Baabdat Baskinta Bauchrieh Beit Chabab Beit el Chaar Beit el Kekko Beit Mery Bhersaf Biakout Bikfaya Bkenneya Bourj Hammoud Broummana Bsalim Bteghrine Chaouiyeh Choueir Daher al Hosein Dahr el Sawan Daychounieh Dbayeh Dekwaneh Dik El Mehdi Dhour El Choueir Dora Douar Fanar Ghabeh Ghabet Bologna Hadirah Haret al Ballaneh Haret ech Cheikh Hbous Jal el Dib Jdeideh Jouar Jouret el Ballout Kaakour Kfarakab Kfartay Khenchara Majdel Tarchich Majzoub Mansourieh Mar Chaaya Mar Michael Bnabil Mar Moussa Mar Roukouz Marjaba Mazraat Yachouh Mchikha Mezher Mhaydseh Mkalles Mrouj Mtaileb Mtein Mzekkeh Nabay Naccache Ouyoun Qonaytrah Qonnabat Broummana Qornet Shehwan Rabieh Roumieh Sakiyat al Mesek Sed el Bauchrieh Sin el Fil Sfaileh Wata el Mrouj Zalka Zarooun Zakrit Zouk al Khrab
Notable landmarks	Mount Sannine
Notable sites	Aqueduct of Zubaida Deir el Qalaa Saint Elias Monastery

Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Baabda
Towns and villages	Abadiyeh Ain El Remmaneh Btekhnay Bzebdine Chbaniyeh Chiyah Falougha-Khalouat Ghobeiry Hammana Haret Hreik Hazmiyeh Jouar el-Haouz Kfar Silwan Kfarshima Qarnayel Ras el-Matn Salima Yarze
Other	Saint George Monastery, Deir el-Harf

Aley District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Aley
Towns and villages	Aaytat Ain Aanoub Ainab Ain Drafil al-Azzounieh Abey Aghmeed Ain Dara Ain Ksour Aley Aramoun Baawerta Baissour Basateen Bdadoun Bechamoun Bhamdoun Binnay Bmakine Bmahray Bsous Charoun Chartoun Choueifat Houmal Kahale Kaifun al-Nreijat Nabaa Al Safa Qmatiye Ramlieh Rechmaya Sawfar Shemlan Souk El Gharb Silfaya

Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Capital: Beitedine
Towns and villages	Ain Qani Ain W Zain Ain Zhalta Ainbal Ammatour Baadarâne Baakleen Bakaata Barja Barouk Beitedine Beykoun El Bireh Bourjein et Marjiyat Boutmeh Brih Bsaba Dahr El Maghara Damour Daraya Deir el Qamar Dibbiyeh El Foûâra Haret Jandal Gharife Jahlieh Jdaideh Jieh Joun Kahlouniye Kfarfakoud Kfar Nabrakh Mazraat el-Chouf Mazraat el Daher Maasser Moukhtara Mtolleh Na'ameh Niha Rmeileh Serjbel Shheem Symkanieh Zaarourieh
Notable landmarks	Beiteddine Palace Fakhredine Palace Deir el Qamar Synagogue Fakhredine Mosque Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve

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