72 Musée Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Frais . Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, and was one of phoenicia's most prominent city states, making it one of the oldest. The museum's permanent collection will include modern and contemporary artworks from eight ancient glass artefacts that were shattered in the deadly explosions at the port of beirut on 4 august 2020 are to be painstakingly restored by the british … C'est une métropole qui comptait environ 360 000 habitants en 2011 3, 4, 7.l'agglomération urbaine comporte entre 1,8 et 2 millions d'habitants 9, 10, soit près de 50 % de la population du pays.la ville forme le gouvernorat (mohafazat) de beyrouth, le seul qui ne soit pas.