Population
3,925,502

Official Language
Arabic

National Anthem
Kulluna li-l-watran, li-l-ula wa-l-alam - "We are for the Country, the Sublime and the Flag!"

Capital
Beirut

Currency
Lebanese lira

Government

• Republic

---

Major Airports

• Beirut Rafic Hariri International
• Tel Aviv Yafo Ben Gurion

Miscellaneous Facts

• France received a mandate over this territory and separated out a region of Lebanon in 1920.
• Independence in 1943
• Total Size - 10,452 kilometers/4,035 sqaure miles
• Country Code - +961
• Internet Extension - .lb

---

Work Force
1.5 million

Unemployment
20%

---

Industries

• Banking
• Tourism
• food processing
• jewelry
• cement
• textiles
• mineral and chemical products
• wood and furniture products
• oil refining
• metal fabricating

Exports

• authentic jewelry
• inorganic chemicals
• miscellaneous consumer goods
• fruit
• tobacco
• construction minerals
• electric power machinery and switchgear
• textile fibers
• paper

---

Imports

• petroleum products
• cars
• medicinal products
• clothing
• meat and live animals
• consumer goods
• paper
• textile fabrics
• tobacco

---

Political parties
14 March Coalition

• Democratic Gathering
• Democratic Left
• Democratic Renewal Movement
• Future Movement Bloc
• Kataeb Reform Movement
• Lebanese Forces
• Nasserite Popular Movement
• Qornet Shewan Gathering
• Tripoli Independent Bloc

Change and Reform Alliance

• Free Patriotic Movement
• Metn Bloc
• Popular Bloc
• Tachnaq

Hizballah and Amal Alliance

• Ba'th Party
• Development and Resistance Bloc
• Kataeb Party
• Loyalty to the Resistance
• Syrian Social Nationalist Party