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La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا) and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the north, west of the Beirut River and north of the Charles Helou highway and the Achrafieh district of Beirut.

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  • الكرنتينا هي منطقة من مناطق مدينة بيروت العاصمة اللبنانية تقع شمال أوتوستراد شارل حلو والأشرفية بالقرب من مرفأ بيروت، على الضفة الغربية لنهر بيروت. تقع في شمال شرق بيروت ويسكنها محدودي الدخل والاجئين وهي مختلطة بين السكنى والصناعة. الحي يقع شرق ميناء بيروت الذي يحيط به كذلك من الشمال. (ar)
  • La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا) and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the north, west of the Beirut River and north of the Charles Helou highway and the Achrafieh district of Beirut. The neighborhood gets its name from the French term, La Quarantaine, because it was the location where a lazaretto for travellers was built at the request of Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the Governor of Egypt, who controlled Syria and Beirut in 1831. The lazaretto was to be managed by a committee made up of the Austrian, Danish, French, Greek, and Spanish consuls. In 1951, 1,300 Palestinian refugees were settled in the area. By the mid-1970s, the neighborhood had become a favela of 27,000 people – primarily Palestinians, Armenians, Kurds, and Shia Muslims. It was also a base for PLO paramilitary groups who engaged in battle during the Lebanese Civil War marking the area as a military target by opposing factions, particularly Lebanese Christians based in the nearby Ashrifieh neighborhoods. In January 1976, at the height of the first phase of the Lebanese Civil War, the Karantina district was deemed a danger for the residents of East Beirut and following multiple attacks by Christian militias with the purpose of clearing out the PLO elements, the population was expelled and militants were neutralized in heavy fighting during the Karantina massacre by the right-wing Lebanese Front, leaving around 1,500 people dead. Industries in La Quarantaine used to be centered on the production of glass, furniture, tile and bricks, leather products, but many of these industries were replaced with the production of metal-based, cereal silos, tanneries and artisanal industries. The area is one of the most polluted parts of the city due to its vicinity to the port as well as the presence of the city slaughterhouse (which is now closed) and a RAMCO (formerly Sukleen) waste disposal and treatment center. The southern part of the neighborhood adjacent to the highway is home to various commercial establishments, such as the Forum de Beyrouth, the multipurpose events center that hosted Beirut Rock Festival in 2009. B 018, the renowned nightclub is also located in the area, as well as others such as KED and Grand Factory. An increasing number of art galleries have opened or relocated to the neighborhood such as Joy Mardini's Art Factum Gallery, located in a former steel factory, which opened in 2011. (en)
  • Karantina (en arabe : الكرنتينا), familièrement appelé la Quarantaine, est un quartier du nord de la ville de Beyrouth, au Liban. Le quartier est situé à l'est du port de Beyrouth, qui l'encercle aussi au nord, à l'ouest du fleuve Nahr Beyrouth et au nord de l'autoroute Charles Helou et du quartier Achrafieh. Karantina est une zone à usage mixte, résidentielle, commerciale et semi-industrielle, peuplée principalement de personnes à faible revenu. C'était aussi autrefois un immense bidonville. (fr)
  • Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا al-karantīnā) é uma área residencial na parte oriental da Beirute, batizada depois de ter sido uma antiga zona de imigração quarentena. Está perto de principal porto e adjacente ao rio Beirute. Há um matadouro em Karantina que é conhecido como um dos principais poluidores desse rio.. Karantina foi palco de um massacre de xiitas, curdos e palestinos por milícias cristãs-libanesasdurante a Guerra Civil Libanesa. (pt)
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  • الكرنتينا هي منطقة من مناطق مدينة بيروت العاصمة اللبنانية تقع شمال أوتوستراد شارل حلو والأشرفية بالقرب من مرفأ بيروت، على الضفة الغربية لنهر بيروت. تقع في شمال شرق بيروت ويسكنها محدودي الدخل والاجئين وهي مختلطة بين السكنى والصناعة. الحي يقع شرق ميناء بيروت الذي يحيط به كذلك من الشمال. (ar)
  • Karantina (en arabe : الكرنتينا), familièrement appelé la Quarantaine, est un quartier du nord de la ville de Beyrouth, au Liban. Le quartier est situé à l'est du port de Beyrouth, qui l'encercle aussi au nord, à l'ouest du fleuve Nahr Beyrouth et au nord de l'autoroute Charles Helou et du quartier Achrafieh. Karantina est une zone à usage mixte, résidentielle, commerciale et semi-industrielle, peuplée principalement de personnes à faible revenu. C'était aussi autrefois un immense bidonville. (fr)
  • Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا al-karantīnā) é uma área residencial na parte oriental da Beirute, batizada depois de ter sido uma antiga zona de imigração quarentena. Está perto de principal porto e adjacente ao rio Beirute. Há um matadouro em Karantina que é conhecido como um dos principais poluidores desse rio.. Karantina foi palco de um massacre de xiitas, curdos e palestinos por milícias cristãs-libanesasdurante a Guerra Civil Libanesa. (pt)
  • La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا) and sometimes spelled Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the north, west of the Beirut River and north of the Charles Helou highway and the Achrafieh district of Beirut. (en)
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  • الكرنتينا (بيروت) (ar)
  • Karantina (fr)
  • Karantina (en)
  • Karantina (pt)
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