Flag of Lebanon
Officially Lebanese Republic
Locally Lubnān · لبنان
What the flag looks like
Three horizontal bands of red, white and red, with the white band twice as tall as each red one, and a green cedar tree in the center.
What it means
The cedar represents holiness, eternity and peace; red stands for the blood shed for liberation and white for peace and the snow of the mountains.
How to remember it
Lebanon
is Austria's
red-white-red with a big green cedar tree planted in the middle.
Fun facts
- The flag was adopted on 7 December 1943, shortly after independence from French rule.
- The Cedars of God grove in northern Lebanon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lebanon at a glance
- Capital
- Beirut
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population
- 5.8 million
- Area
- 10,452 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Currency
- Lebanese pound (ل.ل)
- Flag adopted
- 1943
Flags often confused with Lebanon
- Austria: Austria and Lebanon are both red-white-red horizontal stripes. Lebanon has a green cedar tree on a taller white band; Austria's flag is plain with equal stripes.
- Canada: Canada and Lebanon are both red and white with a plant emblem in the center. Canada's red bands are vertical at the sides with a red maple leaf; Lebanon's are horizontal with a green cedar.
- Peru: Lebanon and Peru are both red and white with white in the middle. Lebanon's bands are horizontal with a green cedar tree; Peru's are vertical.