Lebanon

SHORT INFORMATION

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As there has been no recent population census, the exact population is unknown; but, in 2007, estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to slightly less than 2 million as part of Greater Beirut.

SHORT INFORMATION

Overview of Lebanon

Officially name: The Republic of Lebanon

Capital: Beirut

Largest city: Beirut

Official language: Arabic

Government: Confessionalist, parliamentary republic

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Festivals of Lebanon

The Baalbeck International Festival is the oldest and best-known cultural event in the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean. Since 1955, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have flocked to the city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon to attend the annual festival.