Beirut (, ),(Greek:?"???.?"?"?O?,), is the capital, largest city, and chief seaport of Lebanon. It is sometimes referred to by its French name, ""Beyrouth"". There are wide-ranging estimates of Beirut"s population, from as low as 938,940 people,[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2003/Table08 (...)