page_title: Outline of Lebanon
section_title: Geography of Lebanon
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Lebanon / Geography of Lebanon
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Lebanon. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lebanon:
  Lebanon – sovereign country located along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. Lebanon, due to its tense sectarian diversity, has a unique political system, known as confessionalism, in which each religious group is allocated a fixed number of seats in parliament. The country enjoyed a period of relative calm and prosperity before the devastating Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990. In 2005, a wave of demonstrations known as the Cedar Revolution ended the 30-year Syrian occupation of Lebanon. By early 2006, a considerable degree of stability had been achieved throughout much of the country and Beirut's reconstruction was almost complete, but a debilitating 2006 war and internal strife caused significant economic damage and loss of life. Lebanon has shown remarkable resilience to the Late 2000s recession.
context_section_description: Geography of Lebanon
  Lebanon is a country
  Location
  Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  Eurasia
  Asia
  Southwest Asia
  Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea
  Middle East
  The Levant
  Time zone:  Eastern European Time (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03)
  Extreme points of Lebanon
  High:  Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m (10,131 ft)
  Low:  Mediterranean Sea 0 m
  Land boundaries:  454 km
   Syria 375 km
   Israel 79 km
  Coastline:  Mediterranean Sea 225 km
  Population of Lebanon: 6,824,986  - 106th most populous country
  Area of Lebanon: 10,452 km²
  Atlas of Lebanon
caption: An enlargeable topographic map of Lebanon
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