Bourj Hammoud

Bourj Hammoud
بُرْجُ حَمُّودٍ
Պուրճ Համուտ
A narrow street in Bourj Hammoud
A narrow street in Bourj Hammoud
Official seal of Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud is located in Lebanon
Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°53′37.0″N 35°32′25.0″E / 33.893611°N 35.540278°E / 33.893611; 35.540278
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon Governorate
DistrictMatn District
Government
 • MayorMardig Boghossian
Area
 • Total2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2005[1])
 • Total~150,000−175,000
Time zone+2
 • Summer (DST)+3

Bourj Hammoud (also spelled Burj Hammud; Arabic: بُرْجُ حَمُّودٍ; Armenian: Պուրճ Համուտ) is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.

Bourj Hammoud is a mixed residential, industrial and commercial area and is one of the most densely populated districts in the Middle East.[1] Bourj Hammoud has a major waterfront (river and sea) at Beirut's north gateway that, however, underwent an anarchic urban development.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Rapport Bourj Hammoud" (PDF). Euromedina.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  2. ^ Sfeir, Nagi (2013). "Realurbanism: or the Urban Realpolitik. Towards a "Spatialisation" of the Realist Paradigm from International Relations Theories (Le Realurbanisme ou la Realpolitik de l'urbain. Le cas libanais)" (PDF). Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning. 4 (1): 1–10.