Tyre (city)
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Tyre صور Sour (Lebanese French) |
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Tyre fishing harbor
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 Tyre
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| Coordinates: 33°16′15″N 35°11′46″E / 33.27083°N 35.19611°ECoordinates: 33°16′15″N 35°11′46″E / 33.27083°N 35.19611°E | |
| Country |
 Lebanon
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| Governorate | South |
| District | Tyre |
| Established | 2750 BC |
| Area | |
| • City | 4 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City | 60,000 |
| • Metro | 174,000 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, vi |
| Designated | 1984 (8th session) |
| Reference no. | 299 |
| State Party |
Lebanon
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Tyre (Arabic: صور, Ṣūr; Phoenician: ????????, Ṣur; Hebrew: צוֹר, Tsor; Tiberian Hebrew צֹר, Ṣōr; Akkadian: ????????, Ṣurru; Greek: Τύρος, Týros; Turkish: Sur; Latin: Tyrus, Armenian: Տիր, Tir), sometimes romanized as Sour, is a district capital in the South Governorate of Lebanon. There were approximately 117,000 inhabitants in 2003. However, the government of Lebanon has released only rough estimates of population numbers since 1932, so an accurate statistical accounting is not possible. Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean and is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of Beirut. The name of the city means "rock" after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian, and the inhabitants are Tyrians.
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