Greater Lebanon

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former administrative territorial entity political entity

Greater Lebanon was a political entity created in 1920 under French colonial rule that expanded the boundaries of Mount Lebanon to form the basis of the modern state of Lebanon.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Greater Lebanon canonical	2
State of Greater Lebanon	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative territorial entity ⓘ political entity ⓘ
addedTerritory	Akkar Governorate ⓘ surface form: Akkar Beirut ⓘ Bekaa Valley ⓘ southern Lebanon ⓘ surface form: South Lebanon Tripoli ⓘ surface form: Tripoli region
bordersDefinedBy	French authorities ⓘ
bordersDefinedIn	1920 ⓘ
capital	Beirut ⓘ
colonialPower	France ⓘ
country	Lebanon ⓘ
createdBy	France ⓘ French Third Republic ⓘ
dateEstablished	1920-09-01 ⓘ
dissolutionProcess	evolved into independent Lebanon in 1943 ⓘ
establishedDuring	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate period
expandedFrom	Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
flagUsed	French tricolour ⓘ surface form: French tricolour with cedar emblem
formedBasisFor	modern state of Lebanon ⓘ
governedAs	French mandate territory ⓘ
historicalContext	post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion	Syria ⓘ
includedCommunities	Druze ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Christians Maronite Christianity ⓘ surface form: Maronite Christians Shia Islam ⓘ surface form: Shia Muslims Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni Muslims
legalBasis	League of Nations mandate system ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ
mandatePower	France ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ
partOf	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon French colonial empire ⓘ
politicalStatus	autonomous entity under French mandate ⓘ
predecessor	Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ surface form: Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon Ottoman Syria ⓘ
purposeOfCreation	to create a larger entity than Mount Lebanon ⓘ to provide a state framework for Maronite Christians and other communities ⓘ
religiousComposition	multi-confessional ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus	not fully sovereign ⓘ
subsequentEntity	Lebanon ⓘ
successor	Lebanon ⓘ
successorForm	Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Lebanon
symbol	Cedar tree ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → appliesToTerritory → Greater Lebanon ⓘ

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → includesAdministrativeUnit → Greater Lebanon ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Greater Lebanon

State of Damascus → sharesBorderWith → Greater Lebanon ⓘ

Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate → followedBy → Greater Lebanon ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Greater Lebanon