Lebanon — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Lebanon: capital Beirut, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Lebanon is in Asia. Its capital is Beirut.

Climate

Mediterranean; mild to cool wet winters with hot, dry summers

Narrow coastal strip backed by the Lebanon Mountains; Beqaa Valley separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges

Lebanon has more than 40% of its land covered by cedar trees, its national symbol.

Byblos in Lebanon is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities and gave the word "Bible" its name.

Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East without a desert.

3000 BC: Phoenician civilization flourishes along the Lebanese coast

1516: Ottoman control of Mount Lebanon begins

1920: State of Greater Lebanon proclaimed under French mandate

1943: Lebanon gains independence from France

1975: Lebanese Civil War begins, lasting until 1990

2020: Beirut port explosion devastates the capital