Statistics About Lebanon

[Rami_s]

1. Lebanon has 18 religious communities

2. It has 40 daily newspapers

3. It has 42 universities

4. It has over 100 banks (that is banks and not branches of a bank)

5. 70% of the students are in private schools

6. 40% of the Lebanese people are Christians(this is the highest percent
all
the Arab countries)

7. There's 1 doctor per 10 people in Lebanon (In Europe & America, there's
1
doctor per 100 people)

8. The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament

9. The name CEDAR (Lebanon's tree) appears 75 times too in the Old
Testament

10. Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times(this is why it's compared to
The Phoenix).

11. There are 3.5 Million Lebanese in Lebanon

12. There are around 10 million Lebanese outside Lebanon

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

1. Lebanon, the country, was occupied by over 16 countries:
Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians-Babylonians-Persians-Alexander the Greats
Army-the Roman Empire Byzantine-the Arabian Peninsula-The Crusaders-The
Ottoman Empire-Britain-France-Israel-Syria.

2. Byblos (city in Lebanon) is the oldest, continuously living City in The
World.

3. Lebanon's name has been around for 4,000 yrs non- stop (it's The Oldest
Country/ nation's name in the world)

4. Lebanon is the only Asian/African country that doesn't have a Desert.

5. There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its own
Mountains)

6. Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its Archeological
Sites, in the world

7. The first alphabet was created in Byblos (city in Lebanon)

8. The only remaining temple of Jupiter (the main Roman god) is in
Baalbeck,
Lebanon (The City of the Sun)

9. The name of BYBLOS comes from the BIBLE

10. Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it.

11. Lebanon is the only non-dictatorial country in the Arab world it has a
President)

12. According to Christianity Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon,
In Sidon (miracle of turning water into wine)

13. The Phoenicians (original people of Lebanon) built the 1st boat, and
they were the first to sail ever

14. Phoenicians also reached America long before Christopher Columbus did

15. The 1st law school in the world was built in Lebanon, in downtown
Beirut

16. People say that the cedars were planted by God's own hands this is why
they're called "The Cedars of God", and this is why Lebanon is called God's
Country on Earth."

Is not a real crime against humanity to destroy a country with such
history?