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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Greater Lebanon canonical 4
State of Greater Lebanon 2
State of Greater Lebanon (historically) 1

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 (8)

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
Land of Canaan → partlyCorrespondsTo → modern Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Greater Lebanon
Bint Jbeil → partOf → State of Greater Lebanon (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Greater Lebanon
Lebanese independence movement → location → Greater Lebanon ⓘ
Charles Debbas → regionOfActivity → Greater Lebanon ⓘ