Capital:Beirut
Population:3,826,018
Area:10,400 sq km
Climate:Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
Languages:Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
Currency:Lebanese pound (LBP)
Government:republic
Religions:Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant), other 1.3%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
