French Mandate of Lebanon

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_Mandate_of_Lebanon
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
mandate
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:France
gptkbp:area 10452 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:French_Mandate_for_Syria
gptkb:British_Mandate_of_Palestine
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Beirut
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Franco-Syrian_War
Lebanese Civil War (1943)
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:currency Lebanese pound
gptkbp:dateOfGreaterLebanonProclamation 1 September 1920
gptkbp:demonym gptkb:Lebanese
gptkbp:endDate 1943
gptkbp:event gptkb:Independence_of_Lebanon
gptkb:Greater_Lebanon_proclamation
gptkbp:flag Flag of the French Mandate of Lebanon
gptkbp:governmentType Mandate administration
gptkbp:highCommissioner gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:Henri_Gouraud
gptkb:Georges_Catroux
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Mandate of Lebanon
gptkbp:independenceDate 22 November 1943
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:embassy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Tripoli
Sidon
Tyre
Zahle
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:National_Pact_(1943)
French withdrawal (1946)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abdallah_Yafi
gptkb:Habib_Pacha_Es-Saad
gptkb:Riad_Al_Solh
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Émile_Eddé
gptkb:Charles_Debbas
gptkb:Bechara_El_Khoury
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon
gptkbp:population about 800,000 (1932 census)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Druze
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:startDate 1920
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lebanon
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Sèvres
gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne
gptkbp:UNMemberSince No
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Foch_Street,_Beirut
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7