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Location:
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Population:
3,578,036 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
Religions:
Muslim 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian widely understood
Area:
total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km
Natural resources:
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
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