After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, Lebanon came under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, administered by France, which established Greater Lebanon.
Lebanon, country consisting of a narrow strip of territory on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world’s smaller sovereign states. The capital is Beirut.
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Lebanon is a small Middle East nation situated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia. It is located in Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Lebanon borders has land borders with two countries.Lebanon, officially Lebanese Republic, Country, Middle East, southwestern Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 4,036 sq mi (10,452 sq km). Population: (2025 est.) 5,688,000. Capital: Beirut. The Lebanese are ethnically a mixture of Phoenician, Greek, Armenian, and Arab elements.