LEBANON LEBANON REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 22 1943 FROM A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 23 1926 POPULATION 3562699 1999 EST AREA 3950 SQ MI CAPITAL BEIRUT FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES LIMESTONE IRON ORE SALT WATER MAIN INDUSTRIES BANKING FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES CEMENT PETROLEUM PROCESSING CHEMICALS JEWELRY AGRICULTURE CITRUS FRUITS VEGETABLES POTATOES OLIVES TOBACCO SHEEP GOATS CURRENCY POUND GDP 15.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL FRENCH OFFICIAL ARMENIAN ENGLISH RELIGIONS ISLAM ALAWITES OR NUSAYRI DRUZEYAH ISMA'ILITE SHI'A SUNNISM CHRISTIANITY EASTERN ORTHODOXY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS JUDAISM LITERACY RATE 86 LIFE EXPECTANCY 68 YEARS MALE 74 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 23 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
