Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre

صور
Tyre صور
City
Arabic transcription(s)
• Latin	Ṣūr
	The Egyptian harbour with the submerged ancient columns with the skyline of the modern city in the background, aerial view of Tyre.
	Tyre
	Coordinates: 33°16′15″N 35°11′46″E / 33.27083°N 35.19611°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Municipalities	Al-Aabbassiyah, Ain Baal, Burj el-Shamali, Sour
Established	c. 2750 BCE
Area
• City	4 km2 (2 sq mi)
• Metro	17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population
• City	60,000
• Density	15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
• Metro	174,000
Demonym	Tyrian
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, vi
Designated	1984 (8th session)
Reference no.	299

Tyre (/ˈtaɪər/; Arabic: صُور, romanized: Ṣūr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr; Hebrew: צוֹר, romanized: Ṣōr; Ancient Greek: Τύρος, romanized: Týros) is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.^[1] It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, and Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984.^[2] The historian Ernest Renan noted that "One can call Tyre a city of ruins, built out of ruins".^[3]^[4]

Tyre is the fifth-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, and Baalbek.^[5] It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate. There were approximately 200,000 inhabitants in the Tyre urban area in 2016, including many refugees, as the city hosts three of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: Burj El Shimali, El Buss, and Rashidieh.^[6]

^ "The world's 20 oldest cities". The Telegraph. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "World Heritage List: Tyre". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ Medlej, Youmna Jazzar; Medlej, Joumana (2010). Tyre and its history. Beirut: Anis Commercial Printing Press s.a.l. pp. 1–30. ISBN 978-9953-0-1849-2.
^ Finlay, Victoria (2014). Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox. London: Hachette UK. ISBN 9780340733295.
^ "Tyre (Sour) City, Lebanon". tyros.leb.net.
^ Maguire, Suzanne; Majzoub, Maya (2016). Osseiran, Tarek (ed.). "TYRE CITY PROFILE" (PDF). reliefweb. UN HABITAT Lebanon. pp. 12, 16, 33–34, 39–43, 57, 72. Retrieved 29 October 2019.