El Mîna

El-Mina or El Mina (Arabic: الميناء / ALA-LC: al-Mīnā’, which means "the harbour"), is a coastal independent town that neighbors Tripoli, Northern Lebanon. El-Mina occupies the location of the old Phoenician city of Tripolis. It acts as the harbor city for the neighboring Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, situated 5 km to the east. El-Mina has a municipality on its own. The Port of Tripoli falls within El Mina jurisdiction, but is operated jointly by the municipalities of El-Mina and Trip…