Definition of the Administrative Arrangements of the State of Greater Lebanon

Type

Decision

Number

336

Date of the text

01/09/1920

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

40

What it provides

This decision sets out the temporary administrative organisation of Greater Lebanon, dividing it into four governorates (North Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, South Lebanon and the Bekaa) plus Beirut and Tripoli, listing the districts and subdistricts of each, making Beirut the capital, and establishing the temporary executive

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 589/1920 of 20/12/1920, articles 14
• Suspended by High Commissioner Decision No. 660/1921 of 27/01/1921

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1921. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.