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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>STATISTICS ABOUT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">LEBANON</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
1.</span></font></span> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
has 18 religious communities</p>
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12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
2. It has 40 daily newspapers<br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>3. It has 42 universities<br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>4. It has over 100 banks (that is banks
and not branches of a bank)<br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>5. 70% of the students are in private
schools<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>6. 40% of the Lebanese people are
Christians (this is the highest<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>percent all the Arab countries)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>7. There's 1 doctor per 10 people in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> (In Europe & <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>,<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>there's 1 doctor per 100 people)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>8. The name <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">LEBANON</st1:place></st1:country-region> appears 75 times in the
Old Testament<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>9. The name CEDAR (<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s tree)
appears 75 times too in the Old<br>
Testament!!<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>10. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City> was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times
(this is why it's<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>compared to The Phoenix).<br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>11. There are 3.5 Million Lebanese in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>12. There are around 10 Million Lebanese
outside <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>!<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>1. Lebanon, the country, was occupied by
over 16 countries:><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians-
Babylonians- Persians- Alexander the greats<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Army- the Roman Empire Byzantine- the
Arabian Peninsula-The Crusaders- the Ottoman Empire- Britain-France-
Israel- Syria.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>2. <st1:City w:st="on"><span
class=SpellE>Byblos</span></st1:City> (city in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>) is the
oldest, continuously living city in the<br>
world.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>3. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s name has been around for
4,000 yrs non- stop (it's the oldest<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>country/ nation's name in the world!)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>4. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> is the only Asian/African
country that doesn't have a desert.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>5. There are 15 rivers in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> (all of
them coming from its own<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>mountains)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>6. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> is one of the most
populated countries in its archeological<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>sites, in the world!!!<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>7. The first alphabet was created in <st1:City
w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Byblos</span></st1:City> (city in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>8. The only remaining <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">temple</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jupiter</st1:PlaceName>
(the main Roman god) is in<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
class=SpellE>Baalbeck</span></st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></st1:place>
(The City of the Sun)<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>9. The name of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">BYBLOS</st1:place></st1:City> comes from the BIBLE!!!<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>10. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> is the country that has the
most books written about it.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>11. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> is the only non-dictatorial
country in the Arab world.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>12. According to Christianity Jesus
Christ made his 1st miracle in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>, in
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Sidon</span></st1:place></st1:City>
(The miracle of turning water into wine).<br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>13. The Phoenicians (Original People of
Lebanon) built the 1st boat, and<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>they were the first to sail ever!<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>14. Phoenicians also reached <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> long
before Christopher Columbus did.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>15. The 1st law school in the world was
built in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
in Downtown<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Beirut.<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>16. People say that the cedars were
planted by God's own hands (This is<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>why they're called "The Cedars of
God", and this is why <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></st1:place>
is called<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>"God's Country on Earth."<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Isn't it a real Crime <span class=GramE>Against</span>
Humanity to destroy a country with<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>such history?<br style='mso-special-character:
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