Language Arabic (Official), French, English and Armenian are widely spoken
Time Zone (GMT+02:00) in Winter, (GMT +03:00) in Summer Population (1997) 3.2 million (est.)
Currency Lebanese Lira
Area 10,452 km2
Government and Political
Lebanon is an Arab country. The official language is Arabic
but English and French are widely spoken. Lebanon obtained its independence on November 22, 1943. It is a founding member of the League of Arab States and of the United Nations and played an important role in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Beirut is the Capital City of Lebanon. Other major cities are
Tripoli (Tarablous), Sidon (Saida), Tyre (Sour) and Zahle.
Lebanon is a small and beautiful country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is about 225 km (150 miles) in length (its coastline) and is, on average, some 45 km (30 miles) in width. The total area of the country is 10452 square kilometers or about 4500 square miles. It is bordered on the north and east by Syria and on the south by Israel.
Lebanon has a narrow coastal plane and two parallel north/south mountains (the mountains of Lebanon and anti-Lebanon) separated by the fertile Bekaa valley with its main rivers of Litani and the Orantes (al-Assi). The two highest peaks are Kournet Assaouda in the north of Mount Lebanon (altitude 3,083 meters or 10, 112 feet) and Jabal al-Sheikh (altitude 2814 metres or 9,230 feet) in the South of Mount anti-Lebanon.
The Lebanese flag dates from the early days of independence
and is composed of three horizontal stripes: red on the top and
the bottom and white in the middle with a Cedar tree covering
the central part of the white stripe. The white stripe is equal in
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