Sidon
Sidon or Saïda (Arabic: صيدا, Ṣaydā; Phoenician: 
, Ṣydwn; Greek: Σιδών; Laitin: Sidon; Hebrew: צידון, Ṣīḏōn, Turkis: Sayda) is the third-lairgest ceety in Lebanon. It is locatit in the Sooth Govrenorate o Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, aboot 40 km (25 mi) north o Tyre an 40 km (25 mi) sooth o the caipital Beirut. In Genesis, Sidon is the son o Canaan the grandson o Noah. Its name coincides wi the modren Arabic wird for fishery.
Sidon صيدا Ṣaydā | |
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  Sidon Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°33′38″N 35°23′53″E / 33.56056°N 35.39806°ECoordinates: 33°33′38″N 35°23′53″E / 33.56056°N 35.39806°E | |
| Kintra |  Lebanon |
| Govrenorate | Sooth Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Sidon Destrict |
| Area | |
| • City | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 25 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City | 80,000 |
| • Metro | 266,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Website | www.saida.gov.lb |
Sidon is a ceety o 200,000 inhabitants who are owerwhelmingly Sunni Muslims
Internaitional relations
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