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The Lebanese Republic (Lebanon) is a country in south-west Asia. It has a total area of 10,400 km2. The climate is Mediterranean with mild to cool wet winters and with hot, dry summers. The terrain is comprised of a narrow coastal plain and Al Biqa (the Bekaa Valley) that separates the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains. Natural resources are limestone, iron ore, salt; water-surplus state in a water-deficit region. The religion is 75% Islam, 25% Christian, and a little Judaism; 17 legally recognised sects-4 Orthodox Christian (Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Nestorean, Syriac Orthodox), 7 Uniate Christian (Armenian Catholic, Caldean, Greek Catholic, Maronite, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Syrian Catholic), 5 Islam (Alawite or Nusayri, Druze, Ismailite, Shia, Sunni), and 1 Jewish. The official languages are Arabic and French with Armenian and English also spoken. The area of Lebanon was the home of the ancient Phoenicians, before being ruled by Egypt, Persia, Syria, the Romans and Byzantines until in 1516 it was annexed by the Ottoman Empire. Folloiwng the Great War Lebanon was governed by France until the country became an independent republic in 1943.
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