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  1. Date of Independence: November 22, 1943 (from a League of Nations mandate under French administration)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: May 23, 1926
  3. Population: 3,562,699 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 3,950 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Beirut
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: limestone, iron ore, salt, water 
  8. Main Industries: banking, food processing, textiles, cement, petroleum processing, chemicals, jewelry
  9. Agriculture: citrus fruits, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco, sheep, goats
  10. Currency: pound
  11. GDP: $15.8 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $4,500 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Arabic (official), French (official), Armenian, English
  14. Religions: Islam (Alawites or Nusayri, Druzeyah, Isma‚Äôilite, Shi‚Äôa, Sunnism),
  15. Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations), Judaism
  16. Literacy Rate: 86%
  17. Life Expectancy:    68 years (male)
  18.                 74 years (female)
  19. Birthrate: 23 births per 1,000 population
  20. Death Rate: 6 deaths per 1,000 population