 Much of it was also turned into a Palestinian refugee camp.From a pine forest over 1,250,000 m2 in 1696 it decreased to a park over 800,000 m2 in 1967 (≈ 5% of Municipal Beirut), 

Today, the park is 300,000 m2 large triangular park at the southern border of the city limited by Omar Beyhum Street, 22 November Avenue, Abdelnasser Avenue and National Museum of Beirut ("Musée national de Beyrouth").It lies along the axis of the old airport road amidst areas of "Mazraa", "Tarik el-Jdideh", "Qasqas", "Sabra", "Ghobeyri", "Shiyah", "Furn el-Shebak", and Badaro while it is separated from "Ras el-Nabaa" by the Beirut Hippodrome.