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Sidon

Administration
Full nameSidon
Official nameSidon
Native nameصيدا Ṣaydā
CountryLebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Geography
Total Area3 sq mi (7.86 km2)
Metro Area9.7 sq mi (25 km2)
Demography
Total Population80000
Metro (pop.)266000
Other information
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)+3 (UTC)

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Sidon,or Saïda, ( , ; Phoenician: , Ṣydwn; ; ; , Ṣīḏōn, ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 km (25 mi) north of Tyre and 40 km (25 mi) south of the capital Beirut. Its name means a fishery. It is a city of 200,000 inhabitants who are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims (approximately 80%), along with small communities of Christian Greek Catholics and Maronites and Shiite Muslims.

Sidon Video

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6.97 min. | 4.74 user rating		 best dabke ever dabkeh dabka dabkah lebanon lebanese arab beirut nabatieh sour nabatiyeh tyre lebnan libanon harouf 7arouf el-al3a al3a tripoli trablos saida sidon b3albaak jnoob qana chahrour berjawi Na3im el sheik Naim el sheik Majid alrom7 majid alreme7 nasrallah berri hariri jumblatt ga3ga3 chahrour
7.63 min. | 4.73 user rating		 Sidun (Fabrizio De Andre) SIDON (or 'Saida' in Arabic) My baby, oh my baby, my baby, My own baby His fleshy ruby lips in the honey sun Sweet benign tumor of your mom Squeezed in this wet, sultry, sultry summer And now, a clot of blood, ears and milk teeth And the eyes of soldiers, like mad dogs, who hunted the lambs with foam at the mouth and chased people like game until they quenched their wild blood thirst And after the bars into the throat, the bars of jail, And in the wounds, the poisonous seed of deportation So that nothing of us, trees, spikes or children, May grow any more from the plain to the seashore. Goodbye, my baby, our heritage is hidden in this city that is burning, is burning in the evening drawing near and in this great fire light for your little death. Per la traduzione: www.prato.linux.it
5.97 min. | 4.94 user rating		 song from animated documentary Waltz with Bashir I bombed Sidon today, amid the clouds of smoke at dawn, I almost went home in a coffin, I bombed Sidon today, I bombed Beirut today, I bombed Beirut every day, If I came close to death I couldn't say, I bombed Beirut every day, At the pull of a trigger, We can send strangers straight to Hell, If I came close to death I couldn't say,I bombed Beirut every day..
1.50 min. | 4.77 user rating		 a classic from the 80s. The queen of Haitian music in a duet.
5.00 min. | 4.92 user rating
Ethiopian, Sudanese party in Sidon Ø­ÙÙØ© إثÙÙبÙØ© سÙداÙÙØ© Ù٠صÙدا
1.38 min. | 4.33 user rating		 best dabke ever dabkeh dabka dabkah lebanon lebanese arab beirut nabatieh sour nabatiyeh tyre lebnan libanon harouf 7arouf el-al3a al3a tripoli trablos saida sidon b3albaak jnoob qana chahrour berjawi Na3im el sheik Naim el sheik Majid alrom7 majid alreme7 nasrallah berri hariri jumblatt ga3ga3
7.88 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The Phoenician Empire. The Phoenicians. NOTE: In the video, I do not mention the inhabitants of Canaan before Amorite migration, since they left little to no trace at all of their existence, unlike the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. However it is most probable that the "original" inhabitants were Somalids, carrying E1b1b Y-DNA and Arabid Syrids carrying J2 Y-DNA. J2 Y-DNA is an offshoot of the original J Y-DNA that most likely orignate from the Yemen highlands some 30000BC. A group of J moved north towards the Fertile Crescent; mutating and evolving into J2. Bertil Lundman describes them as the Syrid subrace of the Arabids. Those who remained in the Peninsula became J1 during the desertification era. Some J1s like the Amorites and the Akkadians migrated North in the 3rd millenia BC. They intermixed with the Arabid J2 population thus giving birth to Semitic civilisation as we know it. Proto-Semitic originates with J1 Y-DNA. Semitic civilisation = J1 + J2 Tags: Phoenician Empire, Semites, Arabians, Arabs, Arabid, Canaan, Canaanites, Kanaan, Kanaani, ships mediterranean sea, alphabet, semitic, trade, ancient, civilisation, Lebanon, History The Levant, Amorites, Carthage, Sur, Tyre, Sayda, Sidon, Jbeil, Byblos, navy, Egypt, Hittites, Battle of Kadesh, Abjad, Assyrian Empire, Persian Achaemenid Empire, Neo-Babylon.
6.93 min. | 4.68 user rating		 best dabke ever dabkeh dabka dabkah lebanon lebanese arab beirut nabatieh sour nabatiyeh tyre lebnan libanon harouf 7arouf el-al3a al3a tripoli trablos saida sidon b3albaak jnoob qana chahrour berjawi Na3im el sheik Naim el sheik Majid alrom7 majid alreme7 nasrallah berri hariri jumblatt ga3ga3
6.58 min. | 5.0 user rating		 What most historians forget to mention that Alexander was not Greek, he was Macedonian! The longest battle he had was with the Tyrians, it lasted up to 7 months. He killed 8000 people when the war ended in Tyre, mostly little boys and girls that were hiding in the temples. About 30000 were sold to as slavery. Some people from Sidon, known as Sidonians came in with the Macedonians, which actually the Macedonians weren't able to breech the wall until the Sidonians came with there boats. But the Sidonians kept in mind that they were closely related to the Tyrians, they were all Phoenician. So they snuck out some of them on to there boats. They saved a total of 15000 people. As well, odds were that about half of the slaves were sold to the Sidonians and other people within the region. Non of them went to Persia, since the Macedonians were at war with them, before, during and after the battle in Tyre. As the clip shows and explains, the city was built half a mile away from the coast, the walls were over 150 feet high! The clip did not mention that they had 2 ports, 1 in the North and 1 in the South of the city. I also believe the Assyrians joined Alexander since they were trying to breech the wall for 15 years, but failed miserably. Recent excavations show the old city Tyre that was built in the water still has its remains, but the under water. No excavations to find any objects or such have taken place. To end this nicely, they said Alexander passed away at the end of the <b>...</b>
8.52 min. | 4.11 user rating

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Catholic News Agency--31And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by -Sidon- to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon hi - Date : Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:02:48 GMT+00:00
Nash moving to Haiti - Osakis Review Tweet this news
Osakis Review--Her first mission trip was to -Sidon-, Mississippi with her youth group from Elim Lutheran Church. “We worked hard painting the church building, cleaning, and sharing the love of Jesus. I only remember showering once - maybe twice - that - Date : Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:15:31 GMT+00:00
Best pictures from the past 24 hours - Globe and Mail Tweet this news
Globe and Mail--Members of a Lebanese Sufi Muslim group perform during a ritual to commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammed at the port city of -Sidon-, southern Lebanon. A tabby cat named Larry walks down stairs at number 10 Downing Street in London. .. - Date : Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:11:09 GMT+00:00
Lebanon: looking from the outside in - ReliefWeb (press release) Tweet this news
ReliefWeb (press release)--On day three of my mission, we are heading south to -Sidon- and Tyre. I know these names from history books and imagine soldiers in full shining armour on panting horses. I inquire with Ahmed, my trusted driver. As we pass by -S - Date : Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:59:46 GMT+00:00
Sidon Director's $125000 2nd Tranche Private Placement - Marketwire (press release) Tweet this news
Marketwire (press release)--This private placement is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange. -Sidon- International Resources is a junior exploration company currently focussing on the exploration and development of its hard rock and placer gold - Date : Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:04:54 GMT+00:00
Turkish language courses gaining popularity in Sidon - Daily Star - Lebanon Tweet this news
Daily Star - Lebanon---SIDON-: More than 100 students in the southern coastal city of -Sidon- have registered for Turkish language classes aimed at fostering economic and social relations between the two countries. “It is useful to learn Turkish, ... - Date : Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:49:14 GMT+00:00
Tripoli and Sidon residents visit memorial - Daily Star - Lebanon Tweet this news
Daily Star - Lebanon--By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Supporters from the coastal cities of -Sidon- and Tripoli headed to Beirut Monday where they visited the tomb of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to mark the sixth anniversary of his assassination. Support - Date : Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:00:27 GMT+00:00
Sidon Director's $125000 1st Tranche Private Placement - DigitalJournal.com (press release) Tweet this news
DigitalJournal.com (press release)---Sidon- International Resources is a junior exploration company currently focussing on the exploration and development of its hard rock and placer gold ... - Date : Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:01:44 GMT+00:00
Syrian nationals anticipate no repeat of 2005 attacks - Daily Star - Lebanon Tweet this news
Daily Star - Lebanon---SIDON-: Syrian workers in -Sidon- are not afraid of suffering any harm as many Lebanese fear a new wave of violence might plague the ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:46:09 GMT+00:00
Lebanon gets back to business after surveying damage caused by protesters - Daily Star - Lebanon Tweet this news
Daily Star - Lebanon--TRIPOLI/-SIDON-: Calm returned to the country Wednesday, a day after supporters of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri ... - Date : Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:15:48 GMT+00:00

The Makab :
Religion Voters Percent (%) Religion Voters Percent (%)
Sunni 36163 79,7 Latin 82 0.2
Shiite 4888 10.8 Armenian Catholic 38 0.1
Druze 43 0.1 Chaldean 19 0.0
Alawite 2 0.0 Syriac Orthodox 18 0.0
Greek Melkite Catholic 1686 3.7 Syriac Catholic 17 0.0
Maronite 1513 3.3 Assyrian 4 0.0
Greek Orthodox 310 0.7 Copt 1 0.0
Armenian Orthodox 256 0.6 Other Christians 19 0.0
Evangelicals 171 0.4 Unspecified 161 0.4

The Makab :
Hospital Type Email
Labib Hospital Private N/A
Saida Governmental Hospital Public N/A
Al Janoub hospital Private N/A
Alaeddine hospital Private alaeddine_hpaterra.net
South Health Complex Private [email protected]
Dallaa hospital Private [email protected]
Al Nakib hospital Private N/A
Hammoud hospital Private [email protected]
Jebeili hospital Private N/A

The Makab :
University Faculty Type
Lebanese University (LU) Faculty of Law, Political Science and Public Administration Public
University of Saint Joseph (USJ) N/A Private
American University of Lebanon (AUL) N/A Private
Al-Jinan University N/A Private
Lebanese University (LU) Faculty of Public Health Public
Lebanese University (LU) Faculty of Literature and human Science Public
Lebanese University (LU) Institute of Social Sciences Public
American University of Science and Technology N/A Private
Lebanese American University N/A Private
Lebanese University (LU) Institute of Technology Public

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