Lebanon
kintra on the eastren shore o the Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates: 33°50′N 35°50′E / 33.833°N 35.833°E
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.[9]
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[nb 1] |
Demonym(s) | Lebanese |
Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar multi-confessionalist republic[1] |
• Preses | Michel Aoun (ميشال عون)[2] |
Najib Mikati (نجيب ميقاتي) | |
Nabih Berri (نبيه برّي) | |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
Establishment | |
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[3][4] (112t) |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,450.4/sq mi) (21st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $88.786 billion[5] (88t) |
• Per capita | $19,128[5] (80t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $53.915 billion[5] (86t) |
• Per capita | $11,615[5] (71st) |
HDI (2015) | 0.763[6] heich · 76th |
Currency | Lebanese poond (LBP) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Drivin side | richt[7] |
Cawin code | +961[8] |
ISO 3166 code | LB |
Internet TLD | .lb |
Notes
eedit- ↑ "The Lebanese Constitution" (PDF). Presidency of Lebanon. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 19 Januar 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Results of 2nd round of Lebanon presidential election: Michel Aoun – 83 (winner); blank votes – 36; others/cancelled – 8". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "2015 Revision of World Population Prospects". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
- ↑ "The World Factbook 2015". CIA. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "Lebanon". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 25 Julie 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "Driving in Lebanon". adcidl.com. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2013. Retrieved 17 Januar 2013.
- ↑ Lebanon entry at The World Factbook
- ↑ McGowen, Afaf Sabeh (1989). "Historical Setting". In Collelo, Thomas (ed.). Lebanon: A Country Study. Area Handbook Series (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: The Division. OCLC 18907889. Retrieved 24 Julie 2009.
- ↑ Airticle 11 o the Constitution o Lebanon states: "Arabic is the offeecial naitional leid. A law shall determine the cases in that the French leid can be used." See: French leid in Lebanon
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