Lebanese pound

E26658
fiat currency national currency

The Lebanese pound is the official currency of Lebanon, historically pegged to the US dollar but heavily devalued in recent years due to the country’s financial crisis.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lebanese pound canonical 12
Lebanese lira 1
Lebanese pounds 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
national currency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs lira ⓘ
Lebanese pound ⓘ
surface form: lira libanaise
centralBank Banque du Liban ⓘ
surface form: Bank of Lebanon

Banque du Liban ⓘ
circulatesAlongside United States dollar in Lebanon ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
crisisPeriod from 2019 onwards ⓘ
crisisRelatedTo Lebanese financial crisis ⓘ
denominationContext prices in Lebanon often quoted in US dollars and Lebanese pounds ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
exchangeRateRegime managed peg (historically) ⓘ
hasBlackMarketRate yes ⓘ
hasExperienced currency crisis ⓘ
high inflation ⓘ
hasInformalAbbreviation LBP ⓘ
historicalPegRate 1507.5 LBP per USD ⓘ
historicalStatus relatively stable before 2019 crisis ⓘ
inflationEffect sharp loss of purchasing power ⓘ
introduced 1920s ⓘ
ISO4217Code LBP ⓘ
isSubjectOf Lebanese liquidity crisis ⓘ
Lebanese sovereign debt crisis ⓘ
languageOnCurrency Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalTenderIn Lebanon ⓘ
monetaryAuthority Banque du Liban ⓘ
monetaryPolicyBy Banque du Liban ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Lebanon ⓘ
peggedTo US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
pegType de facto peg ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
regionUsage Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Lebanon
replaced Egyptian pound in Lebanon ⓘ
status heavily devalued ⓘ
subunit piastre ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 piastres = 1 Lebanese pound ⓘ
symbol LL ⓘ
ل.ل ⓘ
usedFor domestic transactions in Lebanon ⓘ
usedIn Lebanon ⓘ
writingSystemForSymbol Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beirut → currency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Lebanon → currency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Lebanese pound → alsoKnownAs → Lebanese pound ⓘ
this entity surface form: lira libanaise
North Governorate → usesCurrency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
LBP → represents → Lebanese pound ⓘ
LBP → currencyName → Lebanese pound ⓘ
LBP → hasPluralName → Lebanese pound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lebanese pounds
Banque du Liban → currencyIssued → Lebanese pound ⓘ
lira → commonName → Lebanese pound ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanese pound
this entity surface form: Lebanese lira
lira → officialNameInEnglish → Lebanese pound ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanese pound
lira → officialNameInArabic → Lebanese pound ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanese pound
this entity surface form: الليرة اللبنانية
South Governorate → usesCurrency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Aley → currency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Nabatieh District → usesCurrency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Miniyeh-Danniyeh District → usesCurrency → Lebanese pound ⓘ
Bekaa Governorate → usesCurrency → Lebanese pound ⓘ