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Mount Lebanon also lent its name to two political designations: a semi-autonomous province in Ottoman Syria that was established in 1861 and the central Governorate of modern Lebanon (see Mount Lebanon Governorate). The Mount Lebanon administrative region emerged in a time of rise of nationalism after the civil war of 1860.
The Sublime Porte was finally compelled to relinquish its plans for the direct rule of the Lebanon, and on December 7, 1842, the sultan adopted prince Metternich's proposal and asked Assad Pasha, the governor of Beirut, to divide the Mount Lebanon, into two districts: a northern district under a Christian Kaymakam and a southern district under ...
In the 1861 "Règlement Organique", Mount Lebanon was preliminarily separated from Syria and reunited under a non-Lebanese Christian mutasarrıf (governor) appointed by the Ottoman sultan, with the approval of the European powers. Mount Lebanon became a semi-autonomous mutasarrifate. [34] [35] In September 1864, the statute became permanent.
Here is an overview of all the events in Lebanon, Mt. Juliet and Watertown. Lebanon. The city’s 4th of July Celebration will be held from 5-9:30 p.m., at the midway area of the James E. Ward ...
Federal legislators have taken the first steps to rename the Lebanon City Post Office in honor of of Lt. William Lebo. On Monday, The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 3865, a ...
The Lebanon City Post Office will soon bear the name of fallen police Lt. William Lebo after a resolution honoring his sacrifice was signed by President Joe Biden. On May 7, Biden signed House ...
The territory of the archeparchy includes Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and its environs; much of Mount Lebanon governorate (to the north Antelias, Jounieh, and Byblos; to the east Baabda, Broumana, and Bikfaya) and south to part of Chouf District. [2] The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful in 2015.
The archeparchy includes the Beirut Governorate and the central part of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut , where is located the Saint George Cathedral . The territory is divided into 127 parishes and as of 2012, there were 232,000 Maronite Catholics.