Sin El Fil is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Its approximate surface is about 2.5 square km. It is separated from Beirut, by the river known under the denomination of river of Beirut. The East suburbs of Beirut have 75000 inhabitants. It rises 50 meters above the sea level and is distant 6 km from the IAB (International Airport of Beirut).
Administratively, Sin El Fil is related to the Mount Lebanon Circumscription, one of the six circumscriptions of the country, it is situated under the Metn Casa.
The complexity of this cosmopolitan city is defined by the multiplicity of its identities enumerated herein:
- A commercial cachet with arrows of shops and boutiques and great shopping centres.
- An industrial cachet
- A cultural cachet featured by the inauguration of its cultural centre and the existence of the national academy of music.
- A cachet of connectivity, a gateway city.
- A residential cachet.
- A tourism cachet with the emergence of the outstanding Habtour and Metropolitan hotels, as well as Padova Hotel.
- A sporting cachet featured by the future project to establish sports arenas and yards.

The economy of the region is under development due to the existence of the largest companies of the country, hotels, the largest hospitals, largest shopping malls, filming companies, public and private schools and universities, libraries/ bookstores, printing houses, cultural centers, syndicates and unions, associations and NGOs, banks and many other companies operating in various sectors.

Within PAMLED Project Sin El Fil Municipality whishes to benefit from the European Partners expertise and advanced knowledge in the implementation of three specific projects, Incubator, Urban Plan Project, and Cultural Centre Project. Please refer to this link for further information about this project.