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Michael Pipitone Lebanon This page was last updated on 23 April 2009





1.) This country is located in the Eastern hemisphere 2.) It is located on the continent of Asia. . 3.) The population is 4,017,095. 4.) The capital city is Beirut. 5.) Lebanon Mountains 6.) Three bodies of water are the Hasbani River, Litani River, and the Orontes River. 7.) Imported products include cars, meat and live animals, tobacco.

8.) Exported products include Jewelry, fruit and vegetables, and paper. 9.) The official language is Arabic. 10.) The official religion is Muslim. 11.) Current issues include refugees and illicit drugs. 12.) Three places i would like to see in my life time in lebanon would be **Baalbek wich is a ruin, Sidon wich is a castle, and Tyre wich is a city built by the pheonecians.**



13.) Four important events for my country would be [] 14.) 3 current leaders are: 15.) Some ways that Lebanon is different from the United States would be that we are located on different sides of the world and also our religion and the language we speak is different from Lebanon.
 * 64 AD Conquered by Rome, governed from Syria. Aramaic dominant language
 * 1958 **civil strife** as Lebanon’s pro-Western policies were challenged: US forces intervene
 * 1975 **civil war**, Muslims (and PLO) against (Maronite, Phalange) Christians
 * 1978 **Israel** **invades southern Lebanon**. UN Peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon
 * Pres- Michel Sulayman
 * Prime minister- Fuad Siniora
 * Ambassador to the U.S. - Antoine Chedid

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