GeoPointe - Lebanon

Official Name: Lebanese Republic
Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria.
Capital: Beirut

Area:	total: 10,400 sq km
	land: 10,230 sq km
	water: 170 sq km

Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m.
Highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m.

Boats On Waterfront., Byblos, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon

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Population: 3,925,502 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Lebanese (singular and plural) Ethnic groups: Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%. Religions: Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%. Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian.

Mediterranean. Mild to cool wet winters with hot dry summers. The Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows.

Government type: Republic.
Independence: 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration).
National holiday: Independence Day, 22 November (1943).