Area: 10, 400 sq.
km
Population: 3,2
million (maximum number of Christian Population in the West Asia).
Capital: Beirut
Situation: Lebanon
is mountainous land about 220 km long and varying between 30 and 60 km wide
along the Mediterranean coast, between Israel and Syria.
BEITRUT
·
Capital city, known as the Paris of Lebanon,
lies at the cross – roes of Asia, Europe and Africa.
·
Country’s leading commercial city, free port facilities and also the major
industrial centre.
TRIPOLI
·
Major port situated in the northern Lebanon, has
oil refineries.
SAIDA
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Chief commercial centre and entrepot of Iraqi and
Saudi oil.
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Major oil refineries are located on the coast.
USRAEK