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Lebanon

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T1Essential tells

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Plates Front and Back

License plates are displayed on both the front and back.

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Lebanon Plates

Lebanese licence plates can be long or short, and both styles have a blue strip on the left. Taxi plates are notably deep red, and some plates may also appear in other colours.

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T2Intermediate tells

Arabic, English, French

The official language of Lebanon is Arabic. English and French are also common to see.

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Road Line Colors

In Lebanon, outside road lines are white and inside road lines are yellow.

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Byblos Stone Buildings

Byblos is an ancient city and is described as one of the oldest cities in the world. It can be recognised by its many historic buildings, almost all built from the same type of unpainted stone bricks.

Architecture

Urban Modern Campus

The Lebanese American University east of Byblos has a very urban look, with large modern buildings and ongoing construction work.

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Modern Cubic Campus

The University of Balamand has many modern white-painted buildings. These buildings often have a cubic look.

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LIU Stone Buildings

The Lebanese International University can be recognised by many large stone buildings with unpainted ground floors and beige-painted upper floors.

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Modern Hilltop Campus

The Debbieh campus of Beirut Arab University has large modern sandstone buildings spaced somewhat sparsely across a forested hilltop. The ocean can often be seen far away to the west.

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Sandstone University Building

Université Saint Joseph, southeast of central Beirut, can be recognized by an old, grand-looking sandstone building.

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Beirut Urban Backgrounds

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is the only covered city and has many modern high-rise buildings. Even when the city itself is not clearly visible, urban buildings or infrastructure are often visible in the background.

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Sandstone Brick Buildings

Many buildings in Lebanese coverage are made of sandstone bricks.

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Zahle Terrain

The area around Zahle has flat agricultural fields, with mountains visible to the northwest.

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Northern Flat Farmland

Northern Lebanon can be very flat and agricultural. Mountains may be visible to the southeast.

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Snowy Northeastern Mountains

Snow visible on mountain tops or on the ground appears in the northeastern mountains, east of Tripoli.

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Hilly Mediterranean Terrain

Lebanon has a Mediterranean landscape with many hills and rocky cliffs.

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T3Advanced tells

Drives on the Right

Traffic drives on the right in Lebanon.

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Coverage Concentration

Most of the coverage is concentrated near the west coast, north of Beirut.

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Utility Pole Styles

Lebanon uses a variety of metallic mesh poles, sometimes painted bright yellow. Generic-looking wooden poles are also common.

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Generation 3 Trekker

Most Lebanese coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker. There is also separate "shitcam" coverage.

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Official Street View Coverage

Lebanon is currently the only Middle Eastern country with official street-level map camera coverage.

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Black Car Near Zahle

A visible black car can be found in and around Zahle.

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Limited Trekker Coverage

Generation 3 trekker coverage in Lebanon is extremely limited. It is mostly found around tourist attractions, university campuses, and trails.

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Beirut Promenade

Coverage appears along parts of the Beirut promenade. Look for grey brick pavement and many fan palms.

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Bsharri Trekker

Near Bsharri, the trekker can be identified by a large canyon to the south.

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Baalbek Roman Ruins

Baalbek has a large complex of Roman ruins.

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Mseilha Fortress

Mseilha Fortress is southwest of Tripoli. It is built on a monolithic limestone rock.

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Rural Coastal Trekker

Lebanon has trekker coverage on a rural coastal road southwest of Tripoli. This is the only rural coastal road in the country noted for trekker coverage.

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