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Middle East > Lebanon > Government

LEBANESE GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city
Beirut
Corruption 3.1 [83rd of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 2% [134th of 143]
Procedures to build a warehouse > number 16 ... [94th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 39 ... [57th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 8 ... [36th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 4.7 % ... [157th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 6 ... [137th of 171]
Status pseudo-democracy
Suffrage
21 years of age; compulsory for all males; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education
Time required to build a warehouse > days 275 days ... [33rd of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 721 days ... [31st of 171]
Time required to register property > days 25 days ... [124th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 46 days ... [58th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 208 hours ... [100th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 4 years ... [38th of 151]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
lacking a treaty or other documentation describing the boundary, portions of the Lebanon-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute; since 2000, Lebanon has claimed Shab'a Farms area in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights; the roughly 2,000-strong UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been in place since 1978
UN membership date 24 Oct. 1945
United Nations mission
http://www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/lebanon/index.html
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Woodley Park

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah, Lubnan

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