1.
Lebanon
[By
CIA THE WORLD FACTBOOK
]
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
note:many
Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather
as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called
Phoenicians
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Languages:
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Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
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Religions:
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Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite
Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic,
Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Coptic,
Protestant), other 1.3%
note:17
religious sects recognized
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Population:
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4,140,289 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison
to the world:
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The Mohammad
al-Amin Mosque in
Beirut |
2.
Islam In Lebanon
[By
WIKIPEDIA
]
Islam in Lebanon is
divided between four
Muslim
sects;
Shias,
Sunnis,
Alawites, and
Ismailis
including the
Druze.
Muslims (including Druze)
account for 59.7% of the
total population of Lebanon,
where 39% are Christians.[1]
About 25% of the
Lebanese
population is Sunni,
concentrated largely in
coastal cities. Shi'is -
about 35%
[2]
of the total population of
Lebanon - live mostly in the
northern area of the
Beqaa
Valley and
southern Lebanon. A
religious data in 1985
suggests that the number of
Muslims has risen, with 75%
compared with Christians at
25%.By the 1980s Shi'is
became a large confessional
group in
Lebanon, leading
to demands for better
educational and employment
opportunities and
redistribution of power
based on actual numbers.
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