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South ___MASK11___ ( Arabic :   ; transliterated : al - Janub ) is one of the governorates of Lebanon . South Lebanon has a ___MASK24___ of 500 , 000 inhabitants and an area of 929 . 6 km² . The ___MASK9___ is Sidon . The lowest elevation is ___MASK67___ - level ; the highest is 1 , 000 meters . The inhabitants are a mixture of Shiites , Sunnis , Orthodox , Catholics , and Protestants . Temperatures can drop to 4 ° C during winter with a lot of rain and snow on the higher ground . In the humid summer , temperatures can rise to 30 ° C in the coastal areas . The governorate has several rivers : the Litani , Zahrani , Naqura , Awali , Qasmiye , and Hasbani . The area is famous for its citrus and banana farms . Its main cities are Sidon , Tyre and Jezzine . Cyprus , officially the ___MASK45___ of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south of ___MASK75___ , west of Syria and Lebanon , northwest of Israel and Palestine , north of Egypt , and southeast of Greece . In biogeography , the Mediterranean Basin ( also known as the Mediterranean ___MASK94___ or sometimes Mediterranea ) is the ___MASK94___ of lands around the Mediterranean ___MASK67___ that have a Mediterranean climate , with mild , rainy winters and hot , dry summers , which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests , woodlands , and scrub vegetation . Beirut ("") is the ___MASK9___ and largest city of Lebanon . No recent population census has been done but in 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than ___MASK70___ million to slightly less than 2 million as part of Greater Beirut . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon ' s Mediterranean coast , Beirut is the country ' s largest and main seaport . Western Asia , West Asia , Southwestern Asia or Southwest Asia is the westernmost ___MASK31___ of Asia . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics . Biblical Hebrew (" Ivrit Miqra ' it " or " Leshon ha - Miqra "), also called Classical Hebrew , is an archaic form of Hebrew , a Canaanite Semitic ___MASK43___ spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Israel , roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean ___MASK67___ . The term " Hebrew " was not used for the ___MASK43___ in the Bible , which was referred to as Canaanite or Judahite , but the name was used in Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew texts . Biblical Hebrew is attested from about the 10th century BCE , and persisted through and beyond the Second Temple period , which ended in the siege of Jerusalem ( AD 70 ). In the Abrahamic religions , Noah (" Nukh "; "") was the tenth and last of the pre - ___MASK8___ Patriarchs . The story of Noah ' s Ark is told in the ___MASK65___ ' s Genesis ___MASK8___ narrative . The biblical account is followed by the story of the Curse of Canaan . Israel , officially known as the ___MASK22___ of Israel , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean ___MASK67___ and the northern shore of the Red ___MASK67___ . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . Israel ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . Lebanon , officially known as the Lebanese ___MASK45___ , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean ___MASK67___ . Lebanon ' s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian ___MASK29___ . Jezzine (" Jizzn ") is a ___MASK48___ in Lebanon , located from Sidon and south of Beirut . It is the ___MASK9___ of Jezzine District . Surrounded by mountain peaks , pine forests ( like the Bkassine Pine Forest ), and at an average altitude of 950 m ( 3 , 117 ft ), it is the main summer ___MASK82___ and tourist destination of South Lebanon . The ___MASK48___ is also famous in Lebanon for its production of handmade , traditional cutlery and daggers with decorative inlays as well as the shrine of Our Lady of the Waterfall . Sidon or Saïda (, ""; Phoenician :  , " dn "; Biblical Hebrew : , " n "; ) is the third - largest ___MASK95___ in Lebanon . It is located in the South ___MASK62___ , on the Mediterranean coast , about north of Tyre and south of the capital , Beirut . In Genesis , Sidon is a son of Canaan , a grandson of Noah . Its name coincides with the modern Arabic word for ' fishery '. Two castles there were cleaned and restored by the French in the early 20th century . Hinterland is a German ___MASK73___ meaning " the land behind " ( a ___MASK95___ , a port , or similar ). The term ' s use in English was first documented by geographer George Chisholm in his " ___MASK51___ of Commercial Geography " ( 1888 ). Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous ___MASK29___ , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the ___MASK29___ of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The ___MASK29___ , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the ___MASK29___ of 4 . 4 billion people . The araB ___MASK79___ promoter is a bacterial promoter , activated by e L - arabinose binding . The Jezzine ___MASK61___ is a ___MASK61___ in the South ___MASK62___ . The capital is Jezzine . Syria , officially known as the Syrian Arab ___MASK45___ (""), is a country in Western Asia , bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean ___MASK67___ to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . Syria ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . The Mediterranean ___MASK67___ ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK67___ connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The ___MASK67___ is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . A ___MASK89___ is , in ___MASK72___ , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised ___MASK76___ that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one ___MASK76___ , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a ___MASK89___ is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state .