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| leader_name1 = [[Joseph Aoun]]
| leader_name1 = [[Joseph Aoun]]
| leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2 = [[Najib Mikati]]
| leader_name2 = [[Nawaf Salam]]
| leader_title3 = [[Legislative Speaker of Lebanon|Speaker of the Parliament]]
| leader_title3 = [[Legislative Speaker of Lebanon|Speaker of the Parliament]]
| leader_name3 = [[Nabih Berri]]
| leader_name3 = [[Nabih Berri]]
| Gini_year = 2011
| Gini_year = 2011
| Gini_change = decrease<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_change = decrease<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison/ |title=Gini Index coefficient |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>
| Gini_ref = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison/ |title=Gini Index coefficient |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717071854/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| HDI = 0.744 <!--number only-->
| HDI = 0.744 <!--number only-->
| HDI_year = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_year = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
The [[Cedar|Cedar tree]] is the [[National symbols|national symbol]] of Lebanon because many of them grow in the Lebanon Mountains.
The [[Cedar|Cedar tree]] is the [[National symbols|national symbol]] of Lebanon because many of them grow in the Lebanon Mountains.
== Population of Lebanon ==
== Population of Lebanon ==
Around 5.2 million people live in Lebanon.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=July 2021|title=The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/#people-and-society|accessdate=|website=CIA|publisher=United States government}}</ref>
Around 5.2 million people live in Lebanon.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=July 2021|title=The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/#people-and-society|accessdate=|website=CIA|publisher=United States government|archive-date=2021-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111113708/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/#people-and-society|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Around 14 million Lebanese people live outside Lebanon. <ref>{{Cite web|date=March 2018|title=The Lebanese Diaspora: An Exploration of Assimilation and Success in the United States|url=https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=dissertations}}</ref>
Around 14 million Lebanese people live outside Lebanon. <ref>{{Cite web|date=March 2018|title=The Lebanese Diaspora: An Exploration of Assimilation and Success in the United States|url=https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=dissertations}}</ref>
== The people of Lebanon ==
== The people of Lebanon ==
About 68% of Lebanese people are [[Islam|Muslim]] and 32% are [[Christian]].<ref name=":0" />
About 51% of Lebanese people are [[Islam|Muslim]] and 44% are [[Christian]] with the remaining 5% being [[Druze]]. Within the Muslim population, [[Shia]]s make up the majority with [[Sunni]]s being the minority.<ref name=":0" />
The [[official language]] of Lebanon is [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and it is the most common language.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Le Liban contemporain : histoire et société|last=Corm|first=Georges|date=2012|isbn=978-2-7071-7357-7|edition=Édition revue et augmentée|location=Paris|oclc=801063067}}</ref> [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], and [[Armenian language|Armenian]] are also common languages.
The [[official language]] of Lebanon is [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and it is the most common language.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Le Liban contemporain : histoire et société|last=Corm|first=Georges|date=2012|isbn=978-2-7071-7357-7|edition=Édition revue et augmentée|location=Paris|oclc=801063067}}</ref> [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], and [[Armenian language|Armenian]] are also common languages.
File:Byblos_Libanon_2003.JPG|Byblos / Libanon 2003
File:Byblos_Libanon_2003.JPG|Byblos / Libanon 2003
File:PhoenicianTrade EN.svg|Map of [[Phoenicia]], trade routes and the Phoenician colony of [[History of Carthage|Carthage]]
File:PhoenicianTrade EN.svg|A map of [[Phoenicia]], trade routes and the Phoenician colony of [[History of Carthage|Carthage]]
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|Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon - Fakhredine Palace, today Marie Baz wax museum
File:DeirAlQamar-FakhredinePalace.jpg|[[Fakhreddine II Palace]], 17th century
File:French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon map en.svg|Map of the [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate]] and the states created in 1920
File:French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon map en.svg|A map of the [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate]] and the states created in 1920
File:Beirut's Martyrs' Square during celebrations marking the release by the French of Lebanon's government from Rashayya prison on November 22, 1943, the day of Lebanon's independence. Adib Ibrahim.jpg|[[Martyrs' Square, Beirut|Martyrs' Square in Beirut]] during celebrations marking the release by the French of Lebanon's government from [[Rashayya prison]] on 22 November 1943
File:Beirut's Martyrs' Square during celebrations marking the release by the French of Lebanon's government from Rashayya prison on November 22, 1943, the day of Lebanon's independence. Adib Ibrahim.jpg|[[Martyrs' Square, Beirut|Martyrs' Square in Beirut]] during celebrations marking the release by the French of Lebanon's government from [[Rashayya prison]] on 22 November 1943
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[[Category:Lebanon| ]]
[[Category:Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]
[[Category:Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]
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[[Category:1943 establishments in Asia]]