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Middle East
Lebanese Republic
🗺️ Beirut, Lebanon
Capital city
📍 33.8938°, 35.5018°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalBeirut
TimezoneUTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population5.4M
Governmentparliamentary democratic republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.lb
Internet Users84%
GDP per Capita$11,300
🌍 Geography
LocationMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Size Comparisonabout one-third the size of Maryland
ClimateMediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; the Lebanon Mountains experience heavy winter snows
Terrainnarrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsArab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
ReligionsMuslim 67.8% (31.9% Sunni, 31.2% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 32.4% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian gr...
Median Age29.4 years
Life Expectancy79.2 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 22 November (1943)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook