Lebanon
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Flag Description
Three horizontal bands of red (top), white (double width), and red with a green cedar tree centered in the white band.

Currency
Lebanese pound.

Astronomy
Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon.

Location
Middle east, bordering the mediterranean sea, between israel and syria.

Climate
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows.

Terrain
Narrow coastal plain; el beqaa (bekaa valley) separates lebanon and anti-lebanon mountains.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Mediterranean Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m.

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Lebanon

This is a map of Lebanon. The map illustrates the location of Beirut and its proximity to Tripoli, Jazzin, Tyre, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Other countries on this map include: Syria / Israel

Lebanon News:
UK 'finds Lebanon hostage body'
Human remains have been found by a team searching for a British journalist, Alec Collett, who was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985.
Hezbollah dismisses Obama pledges
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group says Barack Obama's promise to engage with Muslims has proved false.

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