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Area > Comparative about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut
Area > Land	10,230 sq km		[161st of 238]
Area > Total	10,400 sq km		[173rd of 250]
Capital city with population	Beirut - 1,100,000
Climate Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
Forested Land	3.5%		[170th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	33 50 N, 35 50 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
Land use > Arable land	16.35%		[74th of 258]
Largest city Beirut
Largest city population	1,826,000		[57th of 174]
Largest city with population	Beirut - 1,100,000
Location Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Map references Middle East
Natural resources limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
Population density	348.26 people per sqkm		[27th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	349.64 people/m²		[22nd of 204]
Precipitation	825 mm		[44th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	10,400 km²		[161st of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Qurnat as Sawda'

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