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INTERESTING STATISTICS ABOUT LEBANON 1. Lebanon has 18 religious communities 2. It has 40 daily newspapers 3. It has 42 universities 4. It has over 100 banks 5. 70% of the students are in private schools 6. 40% of the Lebanese people are Christians (this is the highest percent in all the Arab countries) 7. There's 1 doctor per 10 people in Lebanon (In Europe & America, there's 1 doctor per 100 people) 8. The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament 9. The name CEDAR (Lebanon's trees) appears 75 times too in the Old Testament 10. Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times (this is why it's compared to the Phoenix) 11. There's 3.5 Million Lebanese in Lebanon 12. There's around 10 Million Lebanese outside Lebanon 13. There are over 350 Night Clubs in the City of Beirut alone
OTHER INTERESTING FACTS: 1. Lebanon was occupied by over 16 countries: (Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians- Babylonians- Persians- Alexander the greats Army-the Roman Empire Byzantine- the Arabian Peninsula-The Crusaders- the Ottoman Empire Britain- France- Israel) 2. Byblos (city in Lebanon) is the oldest, continuously living city in the world. 3. Lebanon's name has been around for 4.000 yrs non- stop (it's the oldest country/ nation's name in the world ) 4. Lebanon is the only Asian/African country that doesn't have a desert. 5. There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its own mountains) 6. Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its archeological sites, in the world 7. The first alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos (city in Lebanon) 8. The only temple of Jupiter (the main Greek god) is in Baalbeck, Lebanon (The City of the Sun) 9. The name of the BIBLE comes from the name of the city BYBLOS 10. Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it. 11. Lebanon is the only non-dictatorial country in the Arab world 12. Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon, in Sidon (The miracle of turning water into wine) 13. The 1st law school in the world was built in Lebanon, in Downtown Beirut. |