Capital: Beirut
Political System: Parliamentary Democracy
Economic regime: Liberal
Official Language: Arabic (English, French, and Armenian)
Currency: Lebanese Pound
Fiscal Year: Calendar Year

Surface (in sqkm): 10,452
Coast length (in km): 210
Maximum altitude: Qornet-el-Saouda (in m): 3,083
Mount Lebanon average altitude (in m): 2,200
Average temperature (in centigrade): 20.4
Average coastal rainfall (in mm/year): 893
Number of rainy days per year: 78
Average humidity rate: 68%

Population (in million): 4.1
Population Growth Rate: 1.2%
Population Density (per sqkm):  392
Urban Population/Total population: 87%
Active Labor Force (in millions): 2.43
Life Expectancy at Birth (years): 72
Infant Mortality Rate: 26/1000
Human Development Index (UNDP): 0.796

Adult literacy rate: 87%
         Male: 92%
         Female: 81%

Gross enrollment ratio: 85%
         Male: 83%
         Female: 86%

Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people): 189 
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people): 306 
Internet users (per 1,000 people): 263
Number of PCs (per 1,000 people): 89 

Roads (paved): 7,200 km
Railways: Non functional
Airport: Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (16 km from city center)
Ports: Beirut (principal), Tripoli (main port for the North), Jounieh and Saida (main port for the South)

Government:
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday
8:00 a.m. to 11:00a.m. Friday
8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday

Bank counters:
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday