British Protectorate of Palestine

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Protectorate_of_Palestine

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Mandatory_Palestine
gptkbp:area	approximately 27,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea gptkb:Syria gptkb:Transjordan
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Palestine_pound
gptkbp:demographics	Jewish population Arab population
gptkbp:dissolved	End of British Mandate
gptkbp:endDate	1948
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_the_British_Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:governor	gptkb:High_Commissioner_for_Palestine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Protectorate of Palestine
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:League_of_Nations_Mandate
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Bethlehem gptkb:Haifa gptkb:Hebron gptkb:Jaffa gptkb:Lydda gptkb:Nazareth gptkb:Safed gptkb:Tel_Aviv gptkb:Tiberias gptkb:Yafa_an-Naseriyye gptkb:Nablus gptkb:Ramallah gptkb:Acre gptkb:Deir_Yassin gptkb:Gaza gptkb:Jenin gptkb:Khan_Yunis gptkb:Qalqilya gptkb:Rafah gptkb:Ramle gptkb:Salfit gptkb:Tulkarm gptkb:Jisr_az-Zarqa gptkb:Kafr_Manda gptkb:Kafr_Qara gptkb:Kafr_Yasif gptkb:Umm_al-Fahm gptkb:Kafr_Qasim gptkb:Kafr_Bara gptkb:Kafr_Kanna gptkb:Kafr_Thulth gptkb:Kafr_Rumman gptkb:Kafr_al-Labad gptkb:Kafr_Sur gptkb:Kafr_Zibad Beersheba Baysan (Beit She'an) Kafr Zibda Kafr al-Malek Kafr al-Rai Kafr al-Shuhada Kafr al-Turmus Kafr al-Yamun Kafr al-Zabad Kafr al-Zibad Kafr al-Zibda Majdal (Ashkelon)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:1947–1948_Civil_War_in_Mandatory_Palestine gptkb:Arab_Revolt_(1936–1939) Balfour Declaration implementation
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Hebrew English
gptkbp:partitionPlan	gptkb:United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
gptkbp:population	about 1.9 million (1947)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:startDate	1920
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Gaza_Strip gptkb:Jordan gptkb:State_of_Israel
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_Protectorate
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7