McLaren Star®
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Presents:
INFORMATIONS ON LEBANON
Please take into consideration the tiny dimension
of this country while reading the following...
#-SHOCKING NUMBERS:
1--17 religious communities
2--40 daily newspapers
3--62 universities
4--over 150 banks
5--80% of the students are in private schools
6--45% of the Lebanese people are Christians
(this is the highest % in all the Arab countries)
7--there's 1 doctor/10 ppl (in Europe &
America there's 1 doctor/100 ppl)
8--the name LEBANON appears 75 times in
the Old Testament
9--the name CEDAR appears 75 times too in
the Old Testament!!
10--Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times
(this is why it's compared to 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 16
countries: (Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Alexander
the great, The Roman Empire, Byzantine, The arabian Peninsula, the Crusaders,
the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, Israel)
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 country in the middle
east that doesn't have a desert
5--There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of
them coming from its mountains covered by snow)
6--Lebanon is one of the most populated
countries in its 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--The name of the BIBLE comes from the
name of our city BYBLOS
10--Lebanon is the country that has the
most books written about it
11--Lebanon is the only non-doctorial country
in the Arab world
12--Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in
Lebanon in a town named "Kana" where Israel made many crimes against humanity
and killed more than 150 innocent people in a building for the UN
13--The Phoenicians created the 1st boat
ever
14--Phoenicians reached America long before
Christopher Columbus
15--The 1st law school was built in Lebanon
16--People say that the cedars were planted
by God's own hands (this is why they're called god's trees)
Location:
Middle East, bordered by our sister Syria on the East and the North, the
occupied Palestine on the South
Area:
4,015 square miles (10452 Km)
Climate: Mediterannean.
(Hot and dry summers, cold and snowy winters)
Population:
3,500,000
Government:
Republic
President of the republic: Mr Emile
Lahoud
President of the cabinet: Mr Rafik
Hariri
President of the parliament: Mr
Nabih Berri
Largest cities:
Beirut (capital), Tripoli, Byblos, Saida, Sour, Baalbek
Languages:
Arabic & French
Ethnic groups:
Lebanese 82%, Armenian 5%
Religions: Christian,
Muslim
Chief industries:
Trade, agriculture, food processing, textiles
Chief crops:
Fruits, grains, tobacco, olives, grapes
Mineral:
Tin
Leading exports:
Fruits, vegetables, textiles
Leading imports:
Machinery, foodstuffs
Monetary unit: Lebanese
Pound (1510 pounds=1$, 1200 pounds=1 Euro)
