Sidon or Saïda (Arabic: صيدا, Ṣaydā; Phoenician: , Ṣydwn; Greek: Σιδών; Latin: Sidon; Hebrew: צידון, Ṣīḏōn, Turkish: Sayda) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 km (25 mi) north of Tyre and 40 km (25 mi) south of the capital Beirut. Its name coincides with the modern Arabic word for fishery. Sidon is a city of
200,000 inhabitants who are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims and it is considered a Sunni stronghold. Small communities of Christian Greek Catholics and Maronites and Shiite Muslims are also found in the city.
