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Facts about Lebanon POPULATION Lebanese: 4.5 - 5 million people Palestinians: 174.000 people * Syrians: 1 million people ** GDP: 47.54 billion USD (2016) *** GDP per capita: 6983 USD *** Area: 10.425 km2 Highest mountain: Qurnat as Sawda (3088 metres) President: Michel Aoun (Free Patriotic Movement, Christian) Prime Minister: Saad Hariri (Future Movement, Sunni) Speaker of the House: Nabih Berri (Amal, Shia) National food: hummus (white chickpea dip), kibbe (meatballs), falafel (deep-fried chickpea balls), fattoush (fresh salad with mint, lemon, sumac berries), tabouleh (parsley and bulgur wheat salad), moutabal (aubergine dip) and much more! Currency: Lebanese Pound (Lira in Arabic) 1500 LBP = 1 USD, fixed rate. US Dollars are welcome everywhere 20 Lebanon 24/7
* Latest census by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commission in 2017. Registered at UNWRA: more than 500.000 Palestinians ** Registered Syrian refugees dropped under 1 million in 2017 according to the UN. The number of unregistered Syrians is unknown. *** Source: Trading Economics/ World Bank Introduction 21
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