The Lebanese Republic or the Republic of Lebanon is a sovereign country located along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 in Southwest Asia

Southwest Asia

Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...

 and the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. Lebanon, due to its tense sect

Sect

A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and...

arian diversity, has a unique political system, known as confessionalism

Confessionalism (politics)

Confessionalism is a system of government that refers to de jure mix of religion and politics. It can mean distributing political and institutional power proportionally among religious communities.-Debate:...

, in which each religious group is allocated a fixed number of seats in parliament. The country enjoyed a period of relative calm and prosperity before the devastating Lebanese Civil War

Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...

 from 1975 to 1990. In 2005, a wave of demonstrations known as the Cedar Revolution

Cedar Revolution

The Cedar Revolution or Independence Intifada was a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon triggered by the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005.The primary goals of the original activists were the...

 ended the 30-year Syrian occupation of Lebanon. By early 2006, a considerable degree of stability had been achieved throughout much of the country and Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

's reconstruction was almost complete, but a debilitating 2006 war and internal strife

2008 conflict in Lebanon

The 2008 conflict in Lebanon began on May 7, after Lebanon's 17-month long political crisis spiraled out of control. The fighting was sparked by a government move to shut down Hezbollah's telecommunication network and remove Beirut Airport's security chief Wafic Shkeir over alleged ties to Hezbollah...

 caused significant economic damage and loss of life. Lebanon has shown remarkable resilience to the Late 2000s recession

Late 2000s recession

The late-2000s recession, sometimes referred to as the Great Recession or Lesser Depression or Long Recession, is a severe ongoing global economic problem that began in December 2007 and took a particularly sharp downward turn in September 2008. The Great Recession has affected the entire world...

.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lebanon:

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
  The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
  
  :
• Common English country name: Lebanon
  Lebanon
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
  
  
• Official English country name: The Lebanese Republic or the Republic of Lebanon
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival: Lebanese
• Demonym: Lebanese
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Lebanon
• International rankings of Lebanon
  International rankings of Lebanon
  The following are international rankings of Lebanon.-Demographics:*United Nations: Population, ranked 124 out of 223 countries*CIA World Factbook: Urbanization ranked 21 out of 193 countries-Economy:...
  
  
• ISO country codes: LB, LBN, 422
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LB
  ISO 3166-2:LB
  ISO 3166-2:LB is the entry for Lebanon in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Lebanon, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .lb
  .lb
  .lb is the Internet country code top-level domain for Lebanon.The official registration rules say that it is necessary to have a Lebanese trademark certificate for the exact name being registered and the trademark owner must be a Lebanese entity.Registrants in each of the subdomains .lb is the...
  
  

Geography of Lebanon

• Lebanon is a country
• Location
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
    The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
    
     and Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
    The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
    
    
  • Eurasia
    Eurasia
    Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
    
    
    • Asia
      Asia
      Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
      
      
      • Southwest Asia
        Southwest Asia
        Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...
        
        
        • Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea
          Mediterranean Sea
          The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
          
          
  • Middle East
    Middle East
    The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
    
    
    • The Levant
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : Eastern European Time
    Eastern European Time
    Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European countries that also use Eastern European Summer Time as a summer daylight saving time.- Usage :...
    
     (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time
    Eastern European Summer Time
    Eastern European Summer Time is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries...
    
     (UTC+03)
  • Extreme points of Lebanon
    • High: Qurnat as Sawda'
      Qurnat as Sawda'
      Qurnat as Sawdā’ is the highest point in Lebanon, at 3,088 meters above sea level.Lebanon Peaks Mount Lebanon peaks above 1800m are covered with snow almost 4 months a year, and the peaks above 2500m are covered around 6 months a year....
      
       3088 m (10,131 ft)
    • Low: Mediterranean Sea
      Mediterranean Sea
      The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
      
       0 m
  • Land boundaries: 454 km

 Syria 375 km

 Israel 79 km

• Coastline: Mediterranean Sea
  Mediterranean Sea
  The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
  
   225 km
• Population of Lebanon: 4,099,000 - 123rd most populous country
• Area of Lebanon: 10,452 km²
• Atlas of Lebanon

Environment of Lebanon

• Climate of Lebanon
• Environmental issues in Lebanon
• Ecoregions in Lebanon
• Renewable energy in Lebanon
• Geology of Lebanon
• Protected areas of Lebanon
  • Biosphere reserves in Lebanon
  • National parks of Lebanon
• Wildlife of Lebanon
  • Flora of Lebanon
  • Fauna of Lebanon
    • Birds of Lebanon
    • Mammals of Lebanon

Natural geographic features of Lebanon

• Glaciers of Lebanon
• Islands of Lebanon
• Lakes of Lebanon
• Mountains of Lebanon
  • Volcanoes in Lebanon
• Rivers of Lebanon
  • Waterfalls of Lebanon
• Valleys of Lebanon
• List of World Heritage Sites in Lebanon

Administrative divisions of Lebanon

• Governorates of Lebanon
  Governorates of Lebanon
  ||Lebanon is divided into six governorates , listed with their capitals in parentheses:#Beirut #Mount Lebanon #North #Beqaa #Nabatiye #South...
  
  
  • Districts of Lebanon
    Districts of Lebanon
    The governorates of Lebanon are divided into 25 districts . The Beirut Governorate is not subdivided. Beirut Governorate*BeirutMount Lebanon Governorate*Baabda...
    
    
    • Municipalities of Lebanon
      Municipalities of Lebanon
      ||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District||The districts of Lebanon are divided into municipalities.*Akkar District:Abboudieh...
      
      

Municipalities of Lebanon

• Capital of Lebanon: Beirut
• Cities of Lebanon

Demography of Lebanon

• Handicapped in Lebanon
  • Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union
    Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union
    The Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union is a grass root's advocacy organization for the handicapped in Lebanon founded in 1981. Currently the organization is sponsored in its efforts to increase the accessibility of polling places for the Handicapped by the International Foundation for Electoral...
    
    

Government and politics of Lebanon

Main article: Government of Lebanon and Politics of Lebanon

Politics of Lebanon

Lebanon is a parliamentary republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution grants the people the right to change their government...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  :
• Capital of Lebanon: Beirut

• Elections in Lebanon
  Elections in Lebanon
  Elections in Lebanon gives information on election and election results in Lebanon.- Parliamentary electoral system :Lebanon's national legislature is called the Assembly of Representatives...
  
  
  • Lebanese general election, 2005
    Lebanese general election, 2005
    The 2005 Lebanese General Elections were the first elections in thirty years without a Syrian military or intelligence presence in Lebanon. These elections were the first in Lebanese history to be won outright by a single electoral block and were also the first to be monitored by the United...
    
    
  • Lebanese general election, 2009
    Lebanese general election, 2009
    -Background:Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.- Allocation of seats :...
    
    
• Political parties in Lebanon
• Political scandals of Lebanon
• Taxation in Lebanon

Executive branch of the government of Lebanon

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman
  Michel Suleiman
  Michel Suleiman or Sleiman is the President of Lebanon. Before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces. After LAF commander Émile Lahoud took office as president in November of 1998, Suleiman succeeded him, taking his place in December...
  
  
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri
  Saad Hariri
  Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005...
  
  
• Cabinet of Lebanon
  Cabinet of Lebanon
  The Cabinet of Lebanon is the chief executive body of the Republic of Lebanon.-July 2005 cabinet:The July 2005 Lebanese cabinet was formed by Fouad Siniora on 19 July 2005 who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free...
  
   :Headed by Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri
  Nabih Berri
  Nabih Berri is the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon. He heads the mostly Shi'a Amal Movement.-Biography:He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents. He went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut...
  
  

Legislative branch of the government of Lebanon

• Parliament
  Parliament
  A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
  
   of Lebanon: Chamber of Deputies
  Parliament of Lebanon
  The Parliament of Lebanon is the national parliament of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year terms in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations. Lebanon has universal adult suffrage...
  
   (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Lebanon

• Supreme Court of Lebanon

Foreign relations of Lebanon

• Diplomatic missions in Lebanon
• Diplomatic missions of Lebanon
  Diplomatic missions of Lebanon
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Lebanon, excluding honorary consulates.-Europe:** Vienna ** Brussels ** Sofia ** Nicosia ** Prague ** Paris ** Marseille...
  
  

International organization membership

The Lebanese Republic is a member of:

• Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
  Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
  The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa is a financial institution funded by the Governments of the Member States of the League of Arab States on 18 February 1974 . It is an independent international institution enjoying international legal status and autonomy in administrative and...
  
   (ABEDA)
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development is a Kuwait-based, pan-Arab development finance institution. All member-states of the Arab League are members of the AFESD. As of 2003, it held around USD 7.3 billion in assets....
  
   (AFESD)
• Arab Monetary Fund
  Arab Monetary Fund
  The Arab Monetary Fund is a regional Arab organization, founded 1976, and operational from 1977. It is a working sub-organization of the Arab League.-Objectives:...
  
   (AMF)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 24 (G24)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce
  International Chamber of Commerce
  The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
  
   (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank
  Islamic Development Bank
  The Islamic Development Bank is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference , convened 23 Dhu'l Qa'dah 1393 AH.The bank officially began its activities on...
  
   (IDB)
• League of Arab States (LAS)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organization of American States
  Organization of American States
  The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (OAS) (observer)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
  Permanent Court of Arbitration
  The Permanent Court of Arbitration , is an international organization based in The Hague in the Netherlands.-History:The court was established in 1899 as one of the acts of the first Hague Peace Conference, which makes it the oldest institution for international dispute resolution.The creation of...
  
   (PCA)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
  
   (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a relief and human development agency, providing education, health care, social services and emergency aid to 5 million Palestine refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza...
  
   (UNRWA)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Lebanon

• Capital punishment in Lebanon
• Constitution of Lebanon
  Constitution of Lebanon
  The Constitution of Lebanon was adopted on 23 May 1926.The most recent amendment of the Constitution was for the Charter of Lebanese National Reconciliation , in October, 1989....
  
  
• Crime in Lebanon
• Human rights in Lebanon
  Human rights in Lebanon
  The record of Human rights in Lebanon is a matter of concern for many national and international human rights groups. According to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , Lebanon's overall human rights record is poor. There are reports that security forces abuse detainees and use torture...
  
  
  • LGBT rights in Lebanon
  • Freedom of religion in Lebanon
    Freedom of religion in Lebanon
    The Constitution provides for freedom of religion and the freedom to practice all religious rites provided that the public order is not disturbed. The Constitution declares equality of rights and duties for all citizens without discrimination or preference but establishes a balance of power among...
    
    
• Law enforcement in Lebanon

Military of Lebanon

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    : Jean Kahwaji
    Jean Kahwaji
    Jean Kahwaji is a Lebanese general and present commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces.-Background:Kahwaji is married to Marlene Sfeir and they have three children, Jad, Joanna and Joe. He is a Maronite Christian and had headed the army's 12th Infantry Brigade since 2002.Kahwaji joined the army in...
    
    
    • Ministry of National Defense
      Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon)
      The Ministry of National Defense is Lebanon's service section for the Lebanese Armed Forces which directs the entire Army. The Ministry is located in Yarzeh, Baabda, Mount Lebanon...
      
      
• Forces
  • Army of Lebanon
  • Navy of Lebanon
  • Air Force of Lebanon
  • Special forces of Lebanon
• Military history of Lebanon
• Military ranks of Lebanon

History of Lebanon

Main article: History of Lebanon

History of Lebanon

This article deals with the history of Lebanon, and the nations previously occupying its territory.-Phoenicia:The coastal plain of Lebanon is the historic home of a string of coastal trading cities of Semitic culture, which the Greeks termed Phoenicia, whose maritime culture flourished there for...

, Timeline of Lebanese history

Timeline of Lebanese history

Since its early history, Lebanon has come under the domination of several foreign rulers, however, despite this fact, Lebanon's mountainous terrain has provided it with a certain protective isolation, enabling it to create its own and unique identity...

, and Current events of Lebanon

• Economic history of Lebanon
• Military history of Lebanon

Culture of Lebanon

• Architecture of Lebanon
  Architecture of Lebanon
  The architecture of Lebanon, or often referred to as the Lebanese architecture, is a resemblance of the history and culture of Lebanon. The houses are minuscule representations of family heritage and the old buildings are a outlined by the history of different era's the country lived some of which...
  
  
• Cuisine of Lebanon
• Ethnic minorities in Lebanon
• Festivals in Lebanon
• Humor in Lebanon
• Languages of Lebanon
• Media in Lebanon
• National symbols of Lebanon
  • Coat of arms of Lebanon
    Coat of arms of Lebanon
    The coat of arms of Lebanon consists of a red shield with a white bend sinister on which is placed a cedar tree. It is very similar to the flag of Lebanon, with the exception of the Spanish fess on the flag being changed into a bend sinister....
    
    
  • Flag of Lebanon
    Flag of Lebanon
    The flag of Lebanon is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is to be two times a red one —a Spanish fess...
    
    
  • National anthem of Lebanon
• People of Lebanon
• Prostitution in Lebanon
  Prostitution in Lebanon
  Prostitution is nominally legal in Lebanon. Although the law on prostitution requires that brothels be licensed, including regular testing for disease, government policy is not to issue new licenses for brothels, in an attempt to gradually eliminate legal prostitution in the country. As a result,...
  
  
• Public holidays in Lebanon
  Public holidays in Lebanon
  The primary national holiday is Independence Day which is celebrated on November 22.-National Holidays:-Other Holidays:...
  
  
• Records of Lebanon
• Religion in Lebanon
  Religion in Lebanon
  Lebanon has several different main religions. The main two religions are Christianity and Islam . There is also the Druze minority religion.No official census has been taken since 1932, reflecting the political sensitivity in Lebanon over confessional Lebanon has several different main religions....
  
  
  • Armenians in Lebanon
  • Buddhism in Lebanon
  • Christianity in Lebanon
    Christianity in Lebanon
    Christianity in Lebanon has a long and continuous history beginning with the visits of Jesus to the southern territories, where he is said to have performed many miraculous healings. Biblical Scriptures reveal that Peter and Paul evangelized the Phoenicians, whom they affiliated to the ancient...
    
    
  • Druze in Lebanon
  • Hinduism in Lebanon
  • Islam in Lebanon
    Islam in Lebanon
    Islam in Lebanon is divided between four Muslim sects; Shias, Sunnis, Alawites, and Ismailis including the Druze.Muslims account for 59.7% of the total population of Lebanon, where 39% are Christians. About 25% of the Lebanese population is Sunni, concentrated largely in coastal cities...
    
    
  • Judaism in Lebanon
  • Sikhism in Lebanon
• List of World Heritage Sites in Lebanon

Art in Lebanon

• Art in Lebanon
• Cinema of Lebanon
  Cinema of Lebanon
  Cinema of Lebanon, according to film critic and historian, Roy Armes, was the only other cinema in the Arabic-speaking region, beside Egypt's, that could amount to a national cinema...
  
  
• Literature of Lebanon
• Music of Lebanon
  Music of Lebanon
  The Music of Lebanon has a long history. Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, has long been known, especially in a period immediately following World War II, for its art and intellectualism...
  
  
• Television in Lebanon
  Television in Lebanon
  Television in Lebanon arose as a private initiative and not a state-institution. Lebanon, along with Iraq, was the first country in the Arab world to have indigenous television broadcasting...
  
  
• Theatre in Lebanon
  Theatre in Lebanon
  Theatre in Lebanon has its origin in passion plays. The musical plays of Maroun Naccache from the mid-1800s are considered the birth of modern Arab theatre...
  
  

Sports in Lebanon

• Football in Lebanon
  Football in Lebanon
  Football is a popular sport in Lebanon. Football in Lebanon is governed by the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. The country's most popular clubs are Al-Ansar and Al-Nejmeh...
  
  
• Lebanon at the Olympics
  Lebanon at the Olympics
  Lebanons first appearance in the Olympics was in 1936 when a "delegation of officials" attended the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Following the formation of the Lebanese Olympic Committee in 1947, Lebanon participated for the first time at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete...
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Lebanon

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 85th (eighty-fifth)

• Agriculture in Lebanon
  Agriculture in Lebanon
  Agriculture in Lebanon is the third most important sector in the country after the tertiary and industrial sectors. It contributes nearly 7% to GDP and employs around 15% of the active population. Main crops include cereals , fruits and vegetables, olives, grapes, and tobacco, along with sheep and...
  
  
• Banking in Lebanon
  • National Bank
    National bank
    In banking, the term national bank carries several meanings:* especially in developing countries, a bank owned by the state* an ordinary private bank which operates nationally...
    
     of Lebanon: Banque du Liban
    Banque du Liban
    Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963 and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. It is currently headed by Riad Salameh, who was named the Middle East's best central bank governor by Euromoney in 2005....
    
    
• Communications in Lebanon
  Communications in Lebanon
  This article concerns the systems of communication in Lebanon. Lebanon possesses a number of systems of telecommunication, some of which are currently being reconstructed following damage during the civil war that ended in 1991. The country code and top-level domain for Lebanon is...
  
  
  • Internet in Lebanon
• Companies of Lebanon
• Currency of Lebanon
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Pound
  Lebanese pound
  The Lebanese pound is the currency unit of Lebanon. It is divided into 100 piastres but inflation has eliminated the subdivisions....
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : LBP
• Economic history of Lebanon
• Energy in Lebanon
  Energy in Lebanon
  Energy in Lebanon describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Lebanon. Energy policy of Lebanon will describe the energy policy in the politics of Lebanon more in detail. Lebanon imports most of its energy....
  
  
  • Energy policy of Lebanon
  • Oil industry in Lebanon
• Health care in Lebanon
• Mining in Lebanon
• National Stock Exchange
  Stock exchange
  A stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...
  
   of Lebanon: Beirut Stock Exchange
  Beirut Stock Exchange
  The Beirut Stock Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Lebanon. Located in Beirut, it is a public institution run by a committee including a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and eight members appointed via a decree issued by the Council of Ministers, in accordance with a proposal by the Minister of...
  
  
• Tourism in Lebanon
  Tourism in Lebanon
  The tourism industry in Lebanon has been historically important to the local economy and remains to this day to be a major source of revenue for Lebanon...
  
  
• Transport in Lebanon
  Transport in Lebanon
  Transportation in Lebanon varies greatly in quality from the ultra modern Beirut International Airport to poor road conditions in many parts of the country. The Lebanese civil war between 1975 and 1990 and the 2006 Lebanon War with Israel severely damaged the country's infrastructure.-Buses:Beirut...
  
  
  • Airports in Lebanon
  • Rail transport in Lebanon
    Rail transport in Lebanon
    Rail transport in Lebanon began in the 1890s and continued for most of the 20th century, but has ceased as a result of the country's political difficulties.-The Ottoman Empire:...
    
    
  • Roads in Lebanon
• Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon
  Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon
  Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon is characterized by a number of achievements and challenges. The achievements include the reconstruction of infrastructure after the 1975–90 Civil War and the 2006 war with Israel, as well as the reform of the water and sanitation sector through a water law...
  
  

See also

• Index of Lebanon-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Lebanon-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
  Outline of Asia
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia:Asia – world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

External links

General information

• Lebanon at The World Factbook
  The World Factbook
  The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
  
  
• LibanVote (comprehensive electoral database)
• US State Department - Lebanon includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports

News

• OTV
• Al-Manar TV
• AnNahar newspaper
• L'Orient-Le Jour (Lebanese daily newspaper in French)
• Future TV
• Liban Press (Lebanese news headlines)
• Liban3000.com
• Lebanese Tag
• Ya Libnan
• NOW Lebanon
• United Nations - Mehlis Report official report of the investigation into Rafiq al-Hariri's assassination

Government

• The Lebanese Governmental Portal for Information & Forms
• Official site of the President of the Lebanese Republic
• Official site of The Lebanese Parliament
• Central Administration for Statistics
• The Lebanese Armed Forces
• Ministry of Tourism
• Internal Security Forces
• Lebanon Customs site
• Central Bank of Lebanon
• Beirut Stock Exchange
• Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations

Non-Governmental Organizations

• The Center for Democracy in Lebanon

Web portals

• Lebanon tourism guide Lebanon panorama tours
• Lebanese White Pages
• www.lebconnection.com Business networking site for the Lebanese community
• Naharnet
• Lebanese Tag News and events from Lebanon
• Ya Libnan Live news from Beirut
• LebMoon.Com Arabic Lebanese Forum
• LSCCB — Lebanese Society for Children Capacity Building

Culture and education

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lebanon
• Al-Bustan Festival, Beit Meri
• Baalbek Festival
• Beiteddine Festival
• Tyre Festival
• Byblos Festival
• Lebanese Cultural Journal
• The National Museum of Beirut

Festivals

• Baalbeck
• Beiteddine
• Byblos
• Tyre
• Deir el Qamar

Travel and Tourism

• Ministry of Tourism - Official website of the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism
• Lebanon, the Cedars' Land - Clickable Maps of Lebanon in 7 Languages with famous historic and touristic cities.