What is so unique about Lebanon?
1- 18 religious communities
2- 40 daily newspapers
3- 42 universities
4- Over 100 banks
5- 70% of the students are in private schools
6- 40%of the Lebanese people are Christians (this is the highest % in all the Arab countries)
7- There's 1doctor/10ppl (in Europe & America there's 1doctor/100ppl)
8- The name LEBANON appears 76 times in the Old Testament
9- The name CEDAR appears 75 times in the Old Testament
10- Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times
11- There's about 4 million Lebanese in Lebanon
12- There's about 13 to 15 million Lebanese outside Lebanon Other Interesting Facts:
1- The country was occupied by over 16 countries :(Egyptians-Hittites-Assyrians-Babylonians-Persians-Alexander the great-The Roman Empire-Byzantine-The Arabian Peninsula--the Crusaders-the Ottoman Empire-Britain-France- Israel - Syria)
2- Byblos is the oldest city in the world
3- Lebanon's name has been around for 4.000 years non-stop (it's the oldest nation's name in the world)
4- Lebanon is the only Asian African country that doesn't have a desert
5- There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its mountains)
6- Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its archeological sites in the world
7- The 1st alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos
8- The only temple of Jupiter (the main Greek god) is in Baalbeck (the City of the Sun)
9- The name of the BIBLE comes from the name of our city BYBLOS
10- Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it
11- Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon
12- The Phoenicians created the 1st boat ever
13- Phoenicians reached America long before Christopher Columbus
14- The 1st law school was built in Lebanon
15- People say that the cedars were planted by God's own hands (this is why they're called God's trees)