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ID: 1000126
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000126
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lubnān (nation)  Lubnān (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 035 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Area was home to Syrian Maronite Christians from 7th century; massacres by Druse Muslims led to establishment of Christian governor appointed by Ottomans in 1861; was part of French mandate named Syria from 1920; suffered internal strife after independence; official language is Arabic, though French, English, and Armenian are also spoken.

Names:
Lubnān (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
Al-Lubnān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Al Jumhūriyyah al Lubnāniyyah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Al-Jumhouriya al Lubnaniya (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Al-Lubnan (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Liban (C,O,French-P,U,N)
République libanaise (C,O,French,U,N)
Lebanon (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Lebanese Republic (C,O,English,U,N)  ............ from 1926
Republic of Lebanon (C,O,English,U,N)
Libano (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
Libanon (C,O,German-P,U,N)
Líbano (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
República Libanesa (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
Ливан (C,O,Russian-P,U)
Ливанская Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
黎巴嫩 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
黎巴嫩共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
بًيان (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
الجهور ةًا بٌَياه ةَ (C,O,O,Arabic,U)
LBN (C,O,ISO3L)
LB (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO422 (C,O,ISO3N)
LE00 (C,O,FIPS)
Lebanese (C,O)
לבנון (C,U,Hebrew )
Grand Liban (H,V)  ............ 1861-1914
Great Lebanon (H,O)  ............ 1861-1914

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Lubnān (nation)  ........  Lubnān (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Middle East (general region)  ....  Middle East (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Lubnān (nation)  ........  Lubnān (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Levant States (region (geographic))  ........  Levant States (region (geographic)) (P)
Hierarchy of Lubnān (nation)  ............  Lubnān (nation) (P)

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  declared independence 1941
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)  ............  French troops evacuated in 1946
republic (C)  ............  first established 1926
controlled region (H)  ............  French, after World War I

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Bayrūt .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Asia, Lubnān, Beyrouth) [7002857]
member of ....  Arab League .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7000153]
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1945

Sources and Contributors:
Ливан..........  [VP]
..............  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
Ливанская Республика..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
黎巴嫩..........  [VP]
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
黎巴嫩共和国..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
بًيان..........  [VP]
..............  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
الجهور ةًا بٌَياه ةَ..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
לבנון..........  [IMJ]
..............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Al-Jumhouriya al Lubnaniya..........  [VP]
...............................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 354-355
al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah..........  [VP]
...............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 640
...............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 650
Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah..........  [VP]
...............................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 18 June 2009
Al Jumhūriyyah al Lubnāniyyah..........  [VP]
..................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
Al-Lubnan..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 508
Al-Lubnān..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319
....................  Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 254
Grand Liban..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 656
Great Lebanon..........  [VP]
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 656
ISO422..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 16
LB..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 16
LBN..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Handbook (1988) 768
LE00..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 46
Lebanese..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 21
Lebanese Republic..........  [VP]
................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 768
................................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 62
................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 656
Lebanon..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
.................  Holy Land, National Geographic (1989) map supplement
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  Middle East, National Geographic (1991) map supplement
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Liban..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..............  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 62
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Libano..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 292
Líbano..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 62
Libanon..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 392
Lubnān..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 June 2009
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319
.................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 18 June 2009
República Libanesa..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 18 June 2009
Republic of Lebanon..........  [VP]
...................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1990) 656
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
République libanaise..........  [VP]
...................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 780
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1990) 656
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 640
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 650
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 354-355
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 508
..................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 392
..................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 292
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
..................  Holy Land, National Geographic (1989) map supplement
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 16
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 768; 780
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Middle East, National Geographic (1991) map supplement
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 46
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319
..................  Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 254
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 62
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 21
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1176; 656
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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