Lebanon: Kintra on the eastren shore o the Mediterranean Sea
35°50′E / 33.833°N 35.833°E / 33.833; 35.833
Lebanon (Arabic: لُبْنَان, Lubnān; French: Liban, [libɑ̃]), offeecially the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah; French: République libanaise), is a kintra on the eastren shore o the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered bi Sirie tae the north an east, an Israel tae the sooth. Lebanon's location at the crossroads o the Mediterranean Basin an the Arabian hinterland haes dictatit its rich history, an shapit a cultural identity o releegious an ethnic diversity.
Lebanese Republic | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Beirut 33°54′N 35°32′E / 33.900°N 35.533°E |
| Offeecial leids | Arabic |
| Demonym(s) | Lebanese |
| Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar multi-confessionalist republic |
• Preses | Michel Aoun (ميشال عون) |
• Prime Meenister | Najib Mikati (نجيب ميقاتي) |
• Speaker o the Pairlament | Nabih Berri (نبيه برّي) |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Establishment | |
• Greater Lebanon | 1 September 1920 |
• Constitution | 23 Mey 1926 |
• Unthirldom declared | 22 November 1943 |
• Unthirldom (Jyned UN / French Mandate endit) | 24 October 1945 |
• Widrawal o French forces | 31 December 1946 |
| Aurie | |
• Tot | 10,452 km2 (4,036 sq mi) (166t) |
• Water (%) | 1.8 |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 6,184,701 (112t) |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,450.4/sq mi) (21st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $88.786 billion (88t) |
• Per capita | $19,128 (80t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $53.915 billion (86t) |
• Per capita | $11,615 (71st) |
| HDI (2015) |  0.763heich · 76th |
| Currency | Lebanese poond (LBP) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +961 |
| ISO 3166 code | LB |
| Internet TLD | .lb |
Notes
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