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Capital Lebanon : |
Beirut .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Lebanon :
| Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km .
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| Climate Lebanon :
| Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows .
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| Life expectancy Lebanon :
| 72.35 years .
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| Fertility rate Lebanon :
| 1.95 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Lebanon :
| republic .
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| Population Lebanon :
| 3,777,218 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Lebanon :
| 10,400 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Lebanon :
| 678,800 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Lebanon :
| 775,100 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Lebanon :
| 961.
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| Sex ratio total Lebanon :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Lebanon ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Lebanon ratio 15 64 :
| 0.92 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Lebanon ratio 65 :
| 0.83 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Lebanon :
| $-2.865 billion (2003) |
| HIV Lebanon :
| 0.09% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Lebanon :
| 28% (1999 est.) |
| Literacy Lebanon :
| 87,40% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Lebanon :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Lebanon :
| NA |
| Inflation Lebanon :
| 2.5% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Lebanon :
| 18% (1997 est.) |
| Internet Users Lebanon :
| 400,000 (2002) |
| Location Lebanon :
| Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria |
| Geographic Coordinates Lebanon :
| 33 50 N, 35 50 E |
| Religion Lebanon :
| Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant), other 1.3% |
| Administrative region Lebanon :
| 6 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah); Beyrouth, Beqaa, Liban-Nord, Liban-Sud, Mont-Liban, Nabatiye |
| Terrain Lebanon :
| narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains |
| Elevation extremes lowest Lebanon :
| Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Lebanon :
| Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m |
| Natural resources Lebanon :
| limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land |
| Land use arable land Lebanon :
| 16,62% |
| Land use permanentcrops Lebanon :
| 13,98% |
| Irrigated land Lebanon :
| 1,200 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Lebanon :
| dust storms, sandstorms |
| Environment current issues Lebanon :
| deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills |
| Geography note Lebanon :
| Nahr el Litani only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity |
| Lebanon :
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Divisions
Beyrouth
Beqaa
Liban-Nord
Liban-Sud
Mont-Liban
Nabatiye
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