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 February 9, 2010. There is currently a Last Quarter 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:
Lebanon retrieves jet black box
Lebanese searchers retrieve a flight recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean, killing 90 people.
Who will pray at Lebanon's synagogue?
The few remaining Jews in Lebanon have begun to rebuild a synagogue in Beirut, but who will dare to pray there? The BBC's Natalia Antelava reports.

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