La Quarantaine, which is colloquially referred to as
Karantina (Arabic: الكرنتينا) and sometimes spelled
Quarantina, is a predominantly low-income, mixed-use residential, commercial, and semi-industrial neighborhood in northeastern
Beirut. The neighborhood lies east of the
Port of Beirut, which also encircles it from the north, west of the
Beirut River and north of the
Charles Helou highway and the
Achrafieh district of Beirut.