NationMaster - Lebanese Geography statistics

Area > Comparative about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut
Area > Land	10,230 sq km	[161st of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	10,400 sq km	[173rd of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Beirut - 1,100,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	3.5%	[170th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	33 50 N, 35 50 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	16.35%	[74th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Beirut
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	1,826,000	[57th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Beirut - 1,100,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Middle East
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	348.26 people per sqkm	[27th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	349.64 people/m²	[22nd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	825 mm	[44th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	10,400 km²	[161st of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Qurnat as Sawda'
Source: World Development Indicators database