Hazmieh

Hazmieh covers an area of 2.73 square kilometers directly southeast of Beirut, at an elevation of between 50–200 meters above sea level.

Its borders are defined by the Beirut River and Sin El Fil Boulevard to the north, Camille Chamoun Boulevard to the west, by El Sayad Roundabout and Rihaniyya Junction to the south, and a military school to the east.

Founded in 1896 by Theophilus Waldmeier, Ashfuriyeh was the first hospital in the Near East dedicated to the treatment of mentally ill patients.

[5] Another bombing in 2008 killed a Lebanese intelligence official who had been investigating militant groups in the country.

[7] Less credited resources attributed the name to other sources:[8] Élias Sarkis, former Lebanese president Aline Asmar d'Amman, leading architect in France and Lebanon, was born here in 1975.