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| Official
Name : |
AL-JUMHOURIYA
AL-LUBNANIYA (Republic of Lebanon) |
| Land
Area: |
10,400
square kilometres / 4,014 square miles. |
| Population: |
3,826,000
(est 2005). Density 382.4 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
Arabic
and French (both official), English, Amenian. |
| Religions: |
Muslim 75%, Christian 25%. |
| Capital: |
Beirut
(Bayrut). Population 2,500,000 |
| Currency: |
Lebanese
lira (pound), divided into 100 piastres. |
| Independant: |
January
1 1944, (nominally) from France. |
| Geography: |
The
land rises from the narrow coastal plain eastwards to form the Mt Lebanon Range,
that stretches to over 30% of the area of Lebanon. Between the eastern slopes
of this principle range and the Anti Lebanon, lies the fertile Beqaa Valley (in
fact a plateau of average elevation of 1000m). 21% of the land is arable, a futher
8% is forested. |
