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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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