Lebanon

Lebanon (or; ????? Lubn?n), officially the Lebanese Republic (????????? ?????????), the country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea

Capital

Beirut

Currency, Operator of

Lebanese lira

Languages

Arabic, French

Political Leader

▶ Rashid Karami, John F. Seymour, Nazih Elasmar, Thomas Kilby, Mike Folmer,  …

Kyle McCarter, René Moawad, Fouad Jumblatt, Dany Chamoun, Hassan Khaled, George Hawi, Riad as-Solh, Gebran Tueni, Walid Eido, Rafik Hariri, Mohamad Chatah, Marwan Hamadeh, Michel Murr, Ali Eid, L'Emir Magid Arslan, David J. Brightbill, Fouad Siniora, Elias Murr, Assem Qanso, Charles Debbas, Michel Pharaon, Joseph Sarkis, Trad Hamadeh, Muhammad Fneish, Samir Geagea, Walid Jumblatt

Population

3,925,502; 4,224,000

Area

10,400 square kilometres; 10,452 square kilometres

Population density

1,046 per square mile; 404 per square kilometre; 401 per square kilometre

Births

▶ Keanu Reeves, Serj Tankian, Mika, Khalil Gibran, Lanford Wilson,  …

Phineas Gage, Haifa Wehbe, John Dolmayan, Suzanne Tamim, Nancy Ajram, Kerry Collins, Massari, Steve Kerr, Elissa, Hassan Nasrallah, Ziad Jarrah, Maya Ababadjani, Phil Simms, Fairuz, Howard Hesseman, Joe Hachem, Dom Joly, Bachir Gemayel, Najwa Karam, Sam Farha, Nassim Taleb, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Alexander Severus, Brigitte Gabriel, Myriam Fares, Rony Seikaly, Michel Aoun, Elie Saab, Michel Suleiman, Fouad Siniora, Samir Bannout, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Nadine Labaki, Diana Haddad, Imad Mugniyah, Amal Hijazi, Mario Kassar, Amin Maalouf, Nassar, Magida El Roumi, Hazem El Masri, Randal Kleiser, Georgina Rizk, Adnan, Porphyry, Porphyry, Ragheb Alama, Jacques Nasser, Jacques Nasser, Ben Howland, Mona Hatoum, Freddy Deeb, Carole Samaha, Maya Nasri, Jo Collins, Nicolas Hayek, Delphine Seyrig, Amine Gemayel, Reem Acra, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Peter Macdissi, Émile Lahoud, Raymond Khoury, Cyrine Abdelnour, Dina Al-Sabah, Nicole Saba, Hisham Kabbani, K'Maro, Tony Yalda, Neal Conan, Julia Boutros, Camille Chamoun, Camille Chamoun, Paul Mazzolini, Arsinée Khanjian, Walid Phares, Kamal Jumblatt, Aaron Baddeley, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Rose Nader, Youssef Mohamad, Charbel, Neal Cotts, Mansour Rahbani, Antoine Predock, Gebran Tueni, Fady Maalouf, Ray R. Irani, Melhem Zein, Fadl Shaker, Sharbel Touma, Rick Mount, May Chidiac, Zuhair Murad, Marwan Khoury, Najib Mikati, As'ad Abu Khalil, Malcolm Kerr, Rawi Hage, Nadine Njeim, Rashid Rida, Ahmad Haidar, Dany Chamoun, Kamal Salibi, Abbas Saad, Antun Saadeh, Fadi El Khatib, Michel Sulaiman, Fawaz Gerges, Marco Khan, Fayza Ahmed, Hanan al-Shaykh, Dania Khatib, Samir Kassir, Elias Hrawi, Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, Joseph Attieh, Mei Shigenobu, Joe Hasham, George Hawi, Elias Khoury, Rashid Karami, Philo of Byblos, Wassef Ali Hassoun, Elias Murr, Antoine Ghanem, Charles Elachi, Nabil Ajram, Michel Murr, Joseph Aoun, Fares Fares, Benny Elias, Baba Saad, René Moawad, Wajdi Mouawad, William A. Eddy, May Hariri, Bilal Aziz, Josef Fares, Madeleine A. Pickens, Mac Harb, Zachariah Anani, Charles Helou, Nada Nadim Prouty, Amin al-Rihani, George Antonius, Larry Sparks, Soleiman Franjieh Jr, Pamphilus of Caesarea, Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Hoda Barakat, Metropolitan Philip, George Farah, Azar Habib, Amer Khan, Tigran Mansurian, Craig Terrill, Walid Raad, William H. Steele, Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Said Akl, Nasim Nisr, Joseph Raya, Gemayel, Aram I, Bahia Hariri, Omar Rezaq, Hussein el-Husseini, Etel Adnan, Dick Shiner, Keysar Trad, Nour, Youssef Howayek, Mikha'il Na'ima, Butrus al-Bustani, Oussama Kassir, Ibrahim Maalouf, Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini, Fouad Abou Nader, Hassan Khaled, Ahmed Akkari, Nelson Dewey, Pierre Fakhoury, Khalil Ramal, William Ticknor, Octavia Nasr, Shaykh Bahai, Souha Bechara, Dory Chamoun, Abdallah El-Yafi, Fawzi Al-Qawuqji, Qusta ibn Luqa, Fawzi Salloukh, Danielle Arbid, Joumana haddad

Origin of

▶ Haifa Wehbe, John Dolmayan, Nancy Ajram, Massari, Elissa,  …

Karl Wolf, Fairuz, Najwa Karam, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Myriam Fares, Diana Haddad, Amal Hijazi, Magida El Roumi, Ragheb Alama, Carole Samaha, Maya Nasri, Yara, Dana Halabi, Fares Karam, Ziad Rahbani, Cyrine Abdelnour, Nicole Saba, Pascale Machaalani, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Aline Khalaf, Dina Hayek, Nelly Makdessy, Marwan Khoury, Ramy Ayach, Wael Kfoury, Madeline Matar, Nourhanne, The 4 Cats, Wadih Safi, Dania Khatib, Joseph Attieh, Michel Elefteriades, Baba Saad, Walid Toufic, May Hariri, Hilda Khalife, RAmez, Zaki nassif, The Chehade Brothers, Jad Shwery, Sabah, Maria Nalbandian, Ayat, Kimaera, Dominique Dalcan, Vartan Garabedian, Mashrou' Leila, Bassima, Maher Zain, Issam Rajji, Melhem Barakat, Miguel Karam, Abeer Nehme, Angel Nabil Ayoub, Slutterhouse, Darine, Razan Moughrabi, Lumi, May Nasr, Maria Nalbandian, Amani lebanese dancer, Wael Jassar, Meen, Sabah

Movies

▶ Falafel, I Can't Go Home, Le dernier homme, Lebanon, I Want to See,  …

The Fifth Column, Le Festival De Baalbeck 1960, Whither?, Amour d’enfants

Published

▶ De Niro's Game, Star Academy Arab World, Inshallah, Shankaboot, The Biggest Winner Arab: Couples,  …

Sarah

Location

▶ Asia, the Middle East, the world, the Northern Hemisphere, Western Asia,  …

Africa-Eurasia, Eurasia, the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone, US postal Group 8

Location of

▶ Beirut; 1982 Lebanon War; Lebanese Civil War; Tyre; Baalbek;  …

Jbail; Sidon; Middle East Airlines; Haramoun; Mount Hermon; Tripoli; Lebanese Forces; Armenian Catholic Church; Beaufort Castle, Lebanon; Muslim conquest of Syria; Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport; Jeita Grotto; 2008 conflict in Lebanon; Syriac Catholic Church; Operation Grapes of Wrath; Aşiköy; Qâna; Siege of Beirut; Zar'it-Shtula incident; Zahlé; 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon; Lebanese University; Nahr el Bâred; Nashville Superspeedway; Lebanese American University; Joünié; Harîssa; Operation Mole Cricket 19; Aanjar; Borj Hammoud; Our Lady of Lebanon; Chouf District; Grand Serail; Siege of Tyre; El Achrafiyé; Bcharré; Batroûn; Koura District; Operation Sharp and Smooth; Bent Jbaïl; Raouché; Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium; Tyre raid; Beirut Arab University; Amioûn; Temple of Bacchus; Operation Blue Bat; Zgharta; Akkar; Lebanese International University; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Université Saint-Joseph; National Museum of Beirut; Daily Star; Zgharta District; Ehden; Aley; American University College of Science and Technology; Baalbek District; Trans Mediterranean Airways; Ed Dâmoûr; El Bâroûk; Battle of Marj Ayyun; Tripoli District; El Mina; Aley District; Halba; Battle of Sultan Yacoub; Baabda; Bsharri District; Battle of the Litani River; Antelias; Flying Carpet; Bikfaïya; Arqa; Baabda District; International College, Beirut; Marjayoûn; Haret Hreïk; Zahle District; Keserwan District; Sursock Museum; Beiteddine Palace; Qurnat as Sawda'; Saïdnâyâ; Sidon District; Jezzîne; Deir el Ahmar; Mount Sannine; University of Balamand; Bteghrîne; Nabatîyé el Faouqa; Cornwall Iron Furnace; Anti-Lebanon; Ech Chouaïfât; Aïn Ebel; Râs el Aïn; Byblos Castle; Bank of Beirut S.A.L.; Lebanese National Bloc; Western Beqaa District; Deïr el Qamar; Sidon Sea Castle; Jezzine District; Intra Bank; Beskinta; Haigazian University; Mâr Moûssa; Miziâra; Conservatoire Libanais; Martyrs' Square; En Nâqoûra; ABC Group; Miniyeh-Danniyeh District; Fakhredine Palace; MenaJet; Baabdât; Miniâra; Aïn Dâra; Yaroun; Aïntoûra; Hâmât; Sursock House; Tabarja; Aïtaroun; Rene Mouawad Air Base; Saint Joseph University; Nahr Ibrahim; Hammâna; El Qâa; Lebanese Air Transport; Joubb Jannîne; Aïshti; Joûn; Hasroûn; Movement of the Future; Dora; Globe Jet; Rayak Air Base; Mousaylaha; Lebanon High School; Our Lady of Bekaa; Bzoummâr; Enfé; Débel; Kahhalé; Rmaysh; Berytos Airlines; Byblos Wax Museum; Deïr Mimass; Sarafand; Our Lady of the Wind; Aitou; Maghdoûché; Aâna; Lake Qaraoun; Manar University of Tripoli; Bsous; Byblos Fossil Museum; National Evangelical Church of Beirut; FFA Private Bank; Aranes; Chtaura; Lycee Abdel Kader; Kfar Kila; Bâne; Sidon Soap Museum; Blaouza; Safra; Nahr el Kebir; Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College; Ecole Supérieure des Affaires; Qaouzah; Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles; Faïtroûn; Ahliah school; Middle East University; Farra Design Center; Toron; Battle of Maroun al-Ras; Rafik Hariri University Hospital; Horsh Beirut; 2006 Lebanon War; Bellevue Medical Center; North Governorate; Mount Lebanon; South Governorate; University Of Tripoli Lebanon; Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center; Beirut Governorate; Rashaya District; Nabatieh District; Hasbaya District; Batroun District; New Wave Productions

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon

Leader

▶ Fouad Siniora, Samir Geagea, Walid Jumblatt, John F. Seymour, Gebran Tueni,  …

Dany Chamoun, George Hawi, Rashid Karami, Elias Murr, Michel Murr, René Moawad, Riad as-Solh, Walid Eido, Hassan Khaled, Charles Debbas, Marwan Hamadeh, Ali Eid, Michel Pharaon, Thomas Kilby, Mike Folmer, L'Emir Magid Arslan, Joseph Sarkis, Muhammad Fneish, Fouad Jumblatt, Trad Hamadeh, Assem Qanso, David J. Brightbill, Mohamad Chatah, Rafik Hariri, Kyle McCarter, Nazih Elasmar

Contents

Middle East Airlines

Broadcast Area of

Mix FM Lebanon

Used by

Al-Mabarrah

Fighters

▶ Lebanese Air Force, Lebanese Navy SEALs Regiment, Lebanese Navy, Lebanese Commando Regiment, Lebanese Special Operations Command,  …

François al-Hajj, Jean Kahwaji, Lebanese Army Teaching Institute, Lebanese Army Naval Academy, Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College, Lebanese Army High Center for Military Sport, Lebanese Army Skiing and Mountain Fighting School

Closest Airport

Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Lebanon Municipal Airport

Deaths

▶ Bachir Gemayel, Conrad of Montferrat, Ali Hassan Salameh, Gerald Gardner, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni,  …

William Francis Buckley, Elie Hobeika, Robert Stethem, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, William R. Higgins, Ghassan Kanafani, Camille Chamoun, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Anita Berber, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Mansour Rahbani, Yekutiel Adam, Antun Saadeh, Elias Hrawi, George Hawi, Antoine Ghanem, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, René Moawad, Shukri al-Kuwatli, Amin al-Rihani, Azar Habib, Sandra Mackey, Youssef Howayek, Khalid al-Azm, Abdallah El-Yafi, Pashko Vasa, Fawzi Al-Qawuqji, John Garstang, Maximos V Hakim, Noura Tabet, Raphael I Bidawid, Simon Vratsian, Shaykh Abdullah al-Harari, Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, Philip of Montfort, Bahij al-Khatib, Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Maamun al-Kuzbari, Levon Shant, François al-Hajj, Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, Henri Lammens, Michel Chiha, Ameen Rihani, Ibrahim Meraachli, Abd-al-Rahman al-Awzai, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Hisham Sharabi, Bassam Kanj, Samir Khalaf, Elias Abu Shabaki, Anthony Peter Arida, Agapius II Matar, Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Izzat Traboulsi, Nadia Tueni, Antranig Dzarugian, Dorotheus IV Ibn Al-Ahmar, Germanos Adam, Eudokia, Karekin I, Hussein Naeem, Rafik Hariri, Hussein Dokmak, Salwa Al Katrib, Shafiq al-Hout, Ibrahim Ghannam

Coordinates

33°55'37.23"N, 33°53'60"N, 33°53'59"N, 35°41'42.41"E, 35°31'60"E

Overlaps

▶ Sea of Galilee, Litani River, Hasbani River, Nahr al-Kalb, Awali,  …

Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi

Nearest Settlement of

Rayak Air Base

Borders

Israel, Syria

Residents

Gretchen Wilson, Robert Fisk, Nassim Taleb, Dr Youssef Hourany

Leader's Title

"President"

Created, Independence

November 26th 1941

The Area Served By

▶ Marble Slab Creamery, Interpal, Byblos Bank S.A.L., Banque Bemo Saudi Fransi, Bank of Syria and Overseas,  …

General Motors Egypt, BLOM Bank

Head Of State

Michel Suleiman, Michel Sulaiman

Language

Arabic, French, Lebanese Arabic, written Arabic

Class

▶ UN-recognised country, time zone area, sovereign state, country, geographical area of significant size,  …

populated place, administrative area within a nation above city-level, middle eastern country, military combatant, geographical area

Websites

http://www.presidency.gov.lb/english, http://www.lebanon-tourism.gov.lb, http://www.lp.gov.lb, http://www.presidency.gov.lb

Examples

geographical parents are statically known

Separate From

the United Kingdom

Country Of Origin of

SuperStar

North of

Israel

Places

▶ Lebanon, Beirut, Tyre, Jbail, Sidon,  …

Tripoli, Amioûn

Operator

▶ Middle East Airlines, Trans Mediterranean Airways, Flying Carpet, MenaJet, Lebanese Air Transport,  …

Globe Jet, Berytos Airlines, Wings of Lebanon, Lebanese International Airways

Theme of

▶ From Beirut to Jerusalem, Lebanese cuisine, Between Extremes, Blind Flight, Three journeys in the Levant,  …

Taken on Trust, Christ au Liban, Bottom, Sami and the time of the troubles

Does

kill by capital punishment

In the Basin of

Sea of Galilee, Aşiköy, Hasbani River, Lake Qaraoun, Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi

Fips 10 4 Code For

"LE"

NGA Class

Lebanese mohafazat, Lebanese qadaa

Attributes

daylight saving, Muslim, geographical parents are statically known, autonomous

Administrative Areas

Lebanese mohafazat

Infant Mortality Rate

24.2

Average Age At Death

72 years and 9 months old

International Phone Code

+961

Prime Minister

Saad Hariri, Fouad Siniora, Najib Mikati

Often Found

▶ Red Fox, Black Rat, Water Vole, Common Pipistrelle, greater mouse-eared bat,  …

Greater Horseshoe Bat, Moustached Warbler, Lesser White-toothed Shrew, serotine bat, Natterer's bat, Palestine Sunbird, Lesser horseshoe bat, Common Noctule, Dunn's Lark, Menetries's Warbler, Bridled Mabuya, Bridled mabuya, Timia libani

Political Parties

▶ Hezbollah, Baath Party, Kataeb Party, Lebanese Forces, Amal Movement,  …

Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Free Patriotic Movement, Al-Ahbash, Arab Socialist Union, National Liberal Party, Lebanese National Bloc, Islamic Group, Arab Democratic Party, Movement of the Future, Independence Movement, Free Shiite Movement, Lebanese Democratic Party, Nasserite Unification movement, Organization of Lebanese Socialists, Revolutionary Communist Group

Age of Consent

15 years

Map

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lebanon

Terrain Types

mountain, narrow coastal plain

Defense Budget

$541,000,000

Open Calais URI

http://d.opencalais.com/er/geo/country/ralg-geo1/94e5a243-ffca-78a7-5837-78ec2027c69b

Visitors

Lucía Méndez (1991)

GDP

$24,640,000,000

Related Websites

▶ http://www.elahmad.com/maps/qibla-english.htm?latitude=33.8841&longitude=35.4913&t=h&zoom=8, http://blog.lebanesetag.com, http://lebanoninfocenter.vndv.com, http://www.tripolifestivals.org, http://www.lebweb.com,  …

http://www.souwar.com, http://www.zoukmikaelfestival.org, http://www.ticketingboxoffice.com, http://www.pagesblanches.com.lb, http://www.yellowpages.com.lb, http://www.mea.com.lb, http://www.informs.gov.lb, http://www.laselki.net, http://www.radiocharity.org, http://www.sawtelghad.com, http://www.rll.com.lb, http://www.radioorient.com.lb, http://www.radiooneglobal.com, http://www.rotana.net/Audio/Default.aspx?channel=Levant%20RMB%201, http://www.vdl.com.lb, http://www.nrjlebanon.com, http://www.nostalgie.com.lb, http://www.sawtbeirut.com, http://www.mixfm.com.lb, http://www.radiolebanon.com, http://www.tripoli.tv, http://www.nbn.com.lb, http://www.mtv.com.lb, http://www.aljadeed.tv, http://www.future.com.lb, http://www.alfa.com.lb, http://www.mtc.com.lb, http://www.ogero.gov.lb, http://www.future-news.tv, http://www.almustaqbal.com, http://www.almustaqbal.org, http://www.14march.org, http://www.elahmad.com/newspaper/index.htm, http://www.isf.gov.lb/English/Header/Home, http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/?ln=en, http://www.sidonianews.net, http://www.tayyar.org, http://www.alnour.com.lb, http://tyros.leb.net, http://www.estivalesdeirelqamar.org, http://www.beirutnationalmuseum.com, http://www.lcnj.com, http://www.byblosfestival.org, http://www.tyrefestival.com, http://www.deirelqamarfestival.org, http://www.beiteddine.org, http://www.baalbeck.org.lb, http://www.albustanfestival.com, http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/lb, http://www.leb.org, http://www.lebaneselanguage.org, http://www.lgic.org, http://www.ASLiban.org, http://www.democracyinlebanon.org, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-l/lebanon.html, http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/lebanon, http://www.bse.com.lb, http://www.bdl.gov.lb, http://www.customs.gov.lb/customs/index.htm, http://www.isf.gov.lb, http://www.lebanon-tourism.gov.lb/, http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb, http://www.cas.gov.lb, http://www.informs.gov.lb/EN/Main/index.asp?, http://yalibnan.com, http://www.irinnews.org, http://www.nowlebanon.com, http://www.lebanesetag.com, http://www.libanpress.com, http://www.naharnet.com, http://www.lorientlejour.com, http://www.dailystar.com.lb, http://www.annahar.com, http://www.futuretvnetwork.com, http://www.almanar.com.lb, http://www.otv.com.lb, http://www.lbcgroup.tv, http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/le, http://www.libanvote.com/eventshandler/libanvote/lebanese9296, http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/lebanon.htm, http://www.home.lebspy.com/lebanon-db/lebanon-politcal-parties.html

Visited by

Yasser Arafat, Fairuz, Najwa Karam, Asmahan, Samir Geagea

National Anthem

Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam

Driving Side

right

HIV Patients

3,000

Adjectival

"Lebanese"

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000023ede"

CIA World Factbook URI

http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/resource/Lebanon

GeoNames URL

http://sws.geonames.org/272103/

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Lebanon

Newspapers

▶ Al Akhbar, An-Nahar, Al-Balad, Daily Star, Ya Libnan,  …

Al-Mustaqbal, L'Orient Le Jour

President

Michel Suleiman, Émile Lahoud

ISO Code

"LB"

Short Form

lb

Aliases

"at lebanon", "in lebanon", "lebanon"

Rare Terms

"lebanon", "republic of lebanon", "lebanese", "leb"

Time Zone Area

Lebanon

Latitude North

Syria

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/04hqz"

Founded here

American University of Beirut

Raised

Woody Harrelson, Ibrahim Hussein Berro