Greater Lebanon

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Greater Lebanon canonical 2
State of Greater Lebanon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative territorial entity
political entity
addedTerritory Akkar
linked to: Akkar Governorate

Beirut
Bekaa Valley
South Lebanon
linked to: southern Lebanon

Tripoli region
linked to: Tripoli
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 period
expandedFrom Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
flagUsed French tricolour with cedar emblem
linked to: French tricolour
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 Christians
Maronite Christians
Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
legalBasis League of Nations mandate system
locatedIn Levant
linked to: Levant region

Middle East
mandatePower France
officialLanguage Arabic
French
partOf French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
French colonial empire
politicalStatus autonomous entity under French mandate
predecessor 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 Republic of Lebanon
linked to: Lebanon
symbol Cedar tree
timePeriod 20th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon includesAdministrativeUnit State of Greater Lebanon
linked to: Greater Lebanon
State of Damascus sharesBorderWith Greater Lebanon
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate followedBy State of Greater Lebanon
linked to: Greater Lebanon