Government of Palestine (British Mandate)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Government_of_Palestine_(British_Mandate)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:area	approximately 26,625 km²
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the British Mandate for Palestine
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Mandatory_Palestine
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Palestine_pound
gptkbp:demonym	gptkb:Israeli
gptkbp:endDate	1948
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_the_British_Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:governor	gptkb:embassy
gptkbp:hasFireDepartment	gptkb:Palestine_Police_Force
gptkbp:highCommissioner	gptkb:Alan_Cunningham gptkb:Herbert_Samuel gptkb:Arthur_Grenfell_Wauchope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
gptkbp:internationalRecognition	League of Nations member mandate
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:League_of_Nations_Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:legalSystem	Palestine High Court of Justice
gptkbp:legislature	none (no elected legislature)
gptkbp:mandateConfirmedBy	gptkb:Treaty_of_Sèvres gptkb:San_Remo_conference gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne
gptkbp:mandateGrantedBy	gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:notableCase	Palestine Order in Council 1922 Immigration Ordinance 1941 Land Transfer Regulations 1940
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:1948_Arab–Israeli_War gptkb:Arab_Revolt_(1936–1939) gptkb:UN_Partition_Plan_(1947)
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem gptkb:Palestine_Broadcasting_Service American University of Beirut (affiliated)
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Hebrew English
gptkbp:populationCensusYear	1922 Census of Palestine 1931 Census of Palestine
gptkbp:postalCode	gptkb:Palestine_Post
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:startDate	1920
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:State_of_Israel gptkb:All-Palestine_Government Jordanian annexation of the West Bank Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
gptkbp:timezone	EET (UTC+2)
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode	PALESTINE
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sami_Hadawi
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8