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Lebanon

Capital: Beirut

  • The name Mount Lebanon is traced to a Phoenician root meaning white, probably from its snow-capped peaks.
  • The Lebanon Mountain Trail is a national hiking route of more than 350 kilometres, from Al Qobaiyat in the north to Marjaayoun in the south.
  • Byblos has been continuously inhabited since about 5000 BC. Its Neolithic settlement began between 8800 and 7000 BC, and it is called one of the oldest cities in the world.
  • The Jeita Grotto has a lower gallery about 6,200 metres long, with an underground river, and upper galleries of about 2,130 metres.
  • The Qadisha Valley, listed by UNESCO in 1998, is about 35 kilometres long, with monasteries and caves in cliffs above the river.

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