Sidon, also known as Saida, is the third-largest city in Lebanon, located on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre lies about 40 kilometers to its south and the capital Beirut about the same distance to its north. The city has a population of about 80,000 within its limits, while its metropolitan area holds more than a quarter of a million people.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Latitude33.560556 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sidon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: established_date
3rd millennium BC
Infobox: population_total
~80000
View the Source 2. Sidon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 33.560556, longitude 35.375833
P2046 (area)
area 7.0 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Sidon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 268064
33.55751 35.37148 P PPLA LB 06 7735345 163554 9 Asia/Beirut
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 35.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 35.25
33.75 35.25 Csa
Wikidata: Sidon
Wikidata Q163490, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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