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Flag Coat of Arms Motto: Autonomy, Freedom, Independence National Anthem: النشيد الوطني اللبناني (Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam - "All for the Motherland, the Glory, the flag") Demonym: Lebanese (a)
Capital Beirut 33 54 'N 35 32' E Largest city Beirut unofficial official Arabic Language 1 Language Arabic monte moir (Lebanese dialect), French, Western Armenian Government Unit confessionalism and parliamentary Republic 1 - President Michel Suleiman - Prime Minister Najib Mikati - Deputy Prime Minister Samir Mokbel - Speaker Nabih Berri - Vice-President of the Parliament Farid Makari Independence from France monte moir - Declared November 26, 1941 - Recognized monte moir 22 November 1943 Area - Total 10,400 km (161.) monte moir - Water (%) 1.6 Boundary Syria (N and E), and Israel (S) Population - 2008 estimate 3,971,941 inhabitants. (. 125) - Density monte moir 367 / km (16.) GDP (PPP basis) Estimate 2007 - Total U.S. $:. 42.271 billion (. 84th) - Per capita U.S. $: 11,270 (66th). HDI (2012) 2 0.745 (72.) - high Currency Lebanese Pound (LBP) Time zone (UTC +2) - Summer (DST) (UTC +3) Climate Mediterranean Org international UN, OIC, Arab League, La Francophonie codes ISO codes LBN Internet. lbs codes phone. +961 Http://www.informs.gov.lb/ Government Website
1 The official language is Arabic, and French is used in court, in special cases, according to Article 11. º of the Constitution. Beside French English is widely spread among the population. There are also smaller speakers of Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese communities monte moir (in the Beqaa valley), among others. 3
Lebanon (Arabic: لبنان; transl: lubnan; French:. Liban), officially the Republic of Lebanon note 1 (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية Jumhuriyah al-Lubnānīyah; French: République libanaise), is a country in Western Asia, eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south. monte moir The location of Lebanon at the crossroads monte moir of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arab region has dictated its rich history, sometimes violent, and the shape of its unique cultural identity in ethnic and religious diversity. 4
The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than 7000 years of recorded history. 5 Lebanon was the place of origin monte moir of the Phoenicians, monte moir a maritime culture that flourished for nearly 2500 years (3000-539 BC). After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the five provinces that comprise modern Lebanon were mandated in France. monte moir Lebanon established a unique political system monte moir in 1942, known as confessionalism, a mechanism of power sharing based on religious communities. 6 It was created when the French monte moir expanded monte moir the borders of Mount Lebanon, which was mostly populated by Maronite Catholics and Druze, to include more Muslim elements. The country gained independence in 1943, and French troops withdrew in 1946.
Before the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), the country experienced a period of relative calm and prosperity, monte moir driven by tourism, agriculture and banking. 7 Because of its financial power and diversity, Lebanon was known in its heyday as the "Switzerland of the East". 8 The country attracted a large number of tourists, monte moir 9 such that the capital Beirut was referred to as "Paris of the Middle East." At the end of the war, there were major efforts to revive the economy and rebuild the infrastructure of the country. 10
Until July 2006, Lebanon enjoyed considerable stability, monte moir Beirut's reconstruction monte moir was almost complete 11:01 growing number of tourists were staying in resorts in the country. 9 Then the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah caused civilian deaths and heavy and significant damage to the civilian infrastructure of Lebanon. The conflict lasted from July 12 of that year to a ceasefire sponsored by the UN on August 14. 12
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