Karantina

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Karantina (Arabic: القرنطينة al-qarantīna) is a residential area in eastern Beirut, named so after having been an old immigration quarantine area. It is close to a main port and adjacent to the Beirut River.There is a slaughterhouse in Karantina that is reportedly one of the main polluters of the river[link].

Karantina was the scene of a massacre of Shi'a, Kurds and Palestinians by Lebanese Christian militias during the Lebanese Civil War. For this, see Karantina Massacre.

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