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Beirut is the capital, largest city, and chief port of Lebanon. It is situated on the Mediterranean coast at the base of the Lebanon Mountains.12
The city is built upon a roughly triangular peninsula formed by two hills, al-Ashrafiyyah and al-Muṣayṭibah, which protrude into the sea. Its immediate hinterland consists of a narrow coastal plain known as Al-Sāḥil, which stretches between the mouths of the Nahr al-Kalb (Dog River) to the north and the Nahr al-Dāmūr (Damur River) to the south.3