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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Lebanon
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Lebanon
| name = {{native name|ar|ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱللُّبْنَانِيَّةُ|italics=off}}<br />''al-jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah''<br />{{native name|fr|République libanaise|italics=off}}
| name = {{native name|ar|ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱللُّبْنَانِيَّةُ|italics=off}}<br />''al-Jumhūriyya al-Lubnāniyya''<br />{{native name|fr|République libanaise|italics=off}}
| common_name = Lebanon
| common_name = Lebanon
| image_flag = Flag of Lebanon.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Lebanon.svg
| languages = [[Lebanese Arabic]]
| languages = [[Lebanese Arabic]]
| languages_type = Local vernacular
| languages_type = Local vernacular
| recognised_languages =
| recognised_languages = * [[French language|French]]
* [[French language|French]]
* [[English language|English]]
* [[English language|English]]
| demonym = [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]]
| demonym = [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]]
| 4% [[Armenians|Armenian]]
| 4% [[Armenians|Armenian]]
| 1% [[Demographics of Lebanon|Other]]
| 1% [[Demographics of Lebanon|Other]]
}} }}
}}
'''Lebanon''' is a country in the [[Middle East]], in [[Western Asia]], next to the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It has [[border|borders]] with [[Israel]] to the south, and [[Syria]] to the east and north.
}}
'''Lebanon''' is a country in the [[Middle East]], in [[Western Asia]], next to the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It has [[border|borders]] with [[Israel]] to the south and [[Syria]] to the east and north.
== History & Data ==
== History & Data ==
Lebanon was named ''[[Phoenicia]]'' under the [[Roman Empire]]. Some of the biggest temples in Antiquity were there at [[Heliopolis (Roman Phoenicia)|Heliopolis]]. In the eighth century [[Arabs]] conquered Phoenicia and imposed their religion [[Islam]]. But many areas in the mountains remained Christian as the "Maronites". However, the Christians who remained in the mountains became Arabized and started identifying themselves as "Arab Christians".
Lebanon was named ''[[Phoenicia]]'' under the [[Roman Empire]]. Some of the biggest temples in Antiquity were there at [[Heliopolis (Roman Phoenicia)|Heliopolis]]. In the eighth century [[Arabs]] conquered Phoenicia and imposed their religion [[Islam]]. But many areas in the mountains remained Christian as the "Maronites". However, the Christians who remained in the mountains became Arabized and started identifying themselves as "Arab Christians".
File:Lebanon - Location Map_(2012)_-_LBN_-_UNOCHA.svg|Lebanon - Location Map_(2012)_-_LBN_-_UNOCHA
File:Lebanon - Location Map_(2012)_-_LBN_-_UNOCHA.svg|Lebanon - Location Map_(2012)_-_LBN_-_UNOCHA
File:Byblos_Libanon_2003.JPG|[[Byblos]] is believed to have been first occupied between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC, making it among [[List of oldest continuously inhabited cities|the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world]]. It is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].
File:PhoenicianTrade EN.svg|Map of Phoenicia and trade routes
File:PhoenicianTrade EN.svg|Map of Phoenicia and trade routes
File:Siege of Tripoli Painting (1289).jpg|The [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Fall of Tripoli]] to the Egyptian [[Mamluk]]s and destruction of the Crusader state, the County of Tripoli, 1289
File:Siege of Tripoli Painting (1289).jpg|The [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Fall of Tripoli]] to the Egyptian [[Mamluk]]s and destruction of the Crusader state, the County of Tripoli, 1289
File:DeirAlQamar-FakhredinePalace.jpg|[[Fakhreddine II Palace]], 17th century
File:DeirAlQamar-FakhredinePalace.jpg|[[Fakhreddine II Palace]], 17th century