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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Lebanese Pound
Currency Symbol: LBP
Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Geographic Coordinates: 33 50 N, 35 50 E
Map References: Middle East
Area: total: 10,400 sq km ; land: 10,230 sq km ; water: 170 sq km
Area - Comparative: about one-third the size of Maryland
Terrain: narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m ; highest point: Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 484 km ; border countries: Israel 81 km, Syria 403 km
Coastline: 225 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
Geography - Note: smallest country in continental Asia; Nahr el Litani is the only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity