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Lebanon Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 3,323   Population 2000 (UN '000) 3,496
Area (km2) 10,328   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 20
Number of Administrative Units 26   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 128
Number of Urban Extents 13   Number of Settlement Points 17

Lebanon Details

Names
ISO3-Code LBN
Continent Asia
Country Name Lebanon
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Governorate
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 26
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 128
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 2,558
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 3,012
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 3,323
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 2,713
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 3,169
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 3,496
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 10,328
Average Input Resolution (km) 20
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 17
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,136,268
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,329
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 120,322
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 13
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 905
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 37
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 178
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,312
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,450,920
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,265
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 185,138
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,406,798
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 22%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 71%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 90%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 13
Regression-estimated Extents 4
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Database developed by the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations Statistics Division''s Software Development Project (1996 data), http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/softproj/index.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Database developed by the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations Statistics Division''s Software Development Project (1996 data), http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/softproj/index.htm .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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