Handbook for Travelers:
Population. It is extremely difficult to estimate the population. According to recent statistics (1896), there were 99,000 Muslims; 20,000 Orthodox Greeks and Syrians; 15,000 United Greeks; 900 Armenians; 10,800 United Syrians; 3400 Maronites; 600 Latins; 300 Protestants; 4000 Jews; total: 154,000. Other authorities esti mate the population at 250,000.