Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Svalbard instead of Lebanon, you would:

Geography

see 15.9 times more coastline

Lebanon has a total of 225 km of coastline. In Svalbard, that number is 3,587 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Svalbard: At a glance

Svalbard is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,045 sq km. First discovered by the Norwegians in the 12th century, the islands served as an international whaling base during the 17th and 18th centuries. Norway's sovereignty was recognized in 1920; five years later it officially took over the territory.
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