Religion Wiki      Tyre, Lebanon      33,744pages on     this
wiki      Coordinates: 33°16′8″N 35°12′59″E﻿ / ﻿33.26889°N
35.21639°E﻿ / 33.26889; 35.21639      UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tyre Triumphal Arch     State Party Template:LBN     Type
Cultural     Criteria iii, vi     Reference 299     Region**
Arab States     Inscription history     Inscription 1984  (8th
Session)     * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.     **
Region as classified by UNESCO.      Tyre (Arabic: صور, Ṣūr;
Phoenician Phoenician sadePhoenician wawPhoenician res, Ṣur;
Hebrew: צוֹר‎, Tzor; Tiberian Hebrew צר, Ṣōr; Akkadian, 𒋗𒊒
Ṣurru; Greek Τύρος, Týros; Turkish: Sur; Latin: Tyrus) is a city
in the South Governorate of Lebanon. There were approximately
117,000 inhabitants in 2003,[1] however, the government of
Lebanon has released only rough estimates of population numbers
since 1932, so an accurate statistical accounting is not
possible.[2] Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean
Sea and is located about 80 km (50 m