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.

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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)

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