SHOCKING NUMBERS: 1-- 17 religious communities 2-- 40 daily newspapers 3-- 42 universities 4-- over 100 banks 5-- 70% of the students r in private schools 6-- 40%of the lebanese ppl r christians (this is the highest % in all the arab countries) 7-- There's 1doctor/10ppl (in europe & america there's 1doctor/100ppl) 8-- The name LEBANOON appears 75 times in the old testament 9-- The name CEDAR appears 75 times 2 in the old testament!! 10-- Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times (this is y it's compared 2 the phoenix) 11-- There's 3.500.000 lebanese in Lebanon 12-- There's 5.630.000 lebanese outside lebanon!! OTHER INTERESTING FACTS: 1-- The country was occupied by over 15 countries (Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians-Babylonians-Persians-Alexander the great- Roman Empire-Byzantine-The arabian Peninsula--the Crusaders-the Ottoman Empire-Britain-France- Israel, Syria) "Syria still accupying" 2-- Byblos is the oldest city in the world 3-- Lebanon's name has been around for 4.000 yrs non-stop(it's the oldest nation's name in the world!) 4-- Lebanon is the only asian-african country who doesn't have a desert 5-- There's 15 rivers in lebanon (all of them coming from it's mountains) 6-- Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in it's archeological sites in the world 7-- The 1st alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos 8-- The only temple of jupiter (the main greek god) is in Baalbeck (the city of the sun) 9-- Lebanon is the countrie who has the most books written about it 10-- Lebanon is the only non-dictorial country in the arab world 11-- Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon 12-- The phoenicians created the 1st boat ever |
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