Area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 3,826,018
Capital and largest city: Beirut
Industries: banking, food processing, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating.
Natural resources: limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land.
Exports: authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper.
Imports: petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco.
Major trading partners: Switzerland, UAE, Saudi Arabia, U.S., Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, Syria, UK