Lebanon, Palestine,
and Transjordan

[French: Lebanon] (Arabic: Lubnaniya)
[English: Palestine]
[English: Transjordan] (Arabic: Urduniya)

by John Astell


Lebanon

Status: Colony of France (technically a League of Nations mandate)
Capital: (Beyrouth)
Major Ethnic Groups: Lebanese Arabs (Christian and Moslem)
Cities: 2; 1 dot, 1 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
20:4005FrefcpTripoli (also 19:4404)
20:4207FdotcpBeyrouth (eng: Beirut) (also 19:4307)

Palestine

Status: Possession of Britain (technically a League of Nations mandate)
Major Ethnic Groups: Arabs, Jews
Cities: 4; 3 dot, 1 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
20:4710FdotcpHaifa (also 19:4312)
20:4911FdotcpTel Aviv (also 19:4314)
20:5110Fdot-Jerusalem (also 19:4515)
19:4217Fref-Gaza

Transjordan

Status: Possession of Britain (technically part of the League of Nations mandate for Palestine but in reality autonomous from same)
Major Ethnic Groups: Arabs, others
Cities: 2 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
20:5007Fref-Amman (also 19:4713)
19:5020Fref-Ma'an


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