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Haret Hreik
Suburb of Beirut, Lebanon

Haret Hreik

Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon.

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It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.

How locals move

Getting around Haret Hreik the local way

  • Get inPublic transport There are regular public minivans (usually every five-ten minutes) that go to the Downtown area and to the Charles Helou Station from the airport.
  • Get aroundService [ser-vee-s] are shared-taxis, the same taxis as above but shared between four or more people.
  • Get aroundThe OCFTC that operates a fleet of blue and white city-buses, and the LCC with a fleet of red and white minibuses; Bus fares cost either LL500 (OCFTC bus 24) or LL1000.

From Wikivoyage: Beirut, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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