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LEBANON
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OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Lebanon.
LOCATION:East end of the Mediterranean Sea.
LAT/LONG:33.5N/35.5E
CONTINENT:Asia.
ZONES-ITU:39 CQ:20
TIME:+2 Hrs.
AREA:4,015 Sq.M. 10,400 Sq.Km.
POPULATION:3,320,522 DENSITY:827/Sq.M. (319/Sq.Km.) AAGR:0.33%
LIFE EXPECTANCY:Men 63 Women 67
LITERACY RATE:75%
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:republic.
CAPITAL:Beirut.
LANGUAGES:Arabic is official; French is widely spoken; Armenian,
English.
RELIGIONS:57% Muslim (Sunni and Shi'a) and Druze; 42% Christian
(Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant);
1% other.
CURRENCY:Lebanese pound.
GDP:$5.3 billion. (1983 est.).
MAJOR INDUSTRIES:service industries, food processing, textiles, cement,
oil refining, chemicals, metal fabrication.
AGRICULTURE:fruits, wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, tobacco, olives,
onions; not self-sufficient in food.
EXPORTS:$482 million.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:150,400 telephones; 5 AM, 3 FM, 15 TV stations;
1 Indian Ocean, 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT stations (all satellite
stations inactive).
NATIONAL HOLIDAY:22 November (Independence Day).
COMMERCIAL POWER:110/190V; 50Hz. (also 220/380V in Tripoli.)
MISC:Lebanon's capital, Beirut was once the financial capital of the
Middle East. Its Nahr al Litani is the only river in the Near East not
crossing an international boundary. 93% of the population is Arab.
79% of the work force is engaged in industry. 64% of the land is
desert, 21% is arable. Lebanon has a Mediterranean type climate. Uses
metric system. Member of UN since 1945.
(FOR US OPS-3rd party:no ROA:no)