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count the number of countries with coast lines in the mediterranean sea.
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there are a total of 22 countries with coastlines in the mediterranean sea, including algeria, egypt, israel, lebanon, libya, morocco, palestine, syria, tunisia, turkey, cyprus, croatia, france, greece, italy, malta, montenegro, slovenia, spain, and the tiny micro-states of monaco and vatican city.
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