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Mount Lebanon
جبل لبنان
1918–1920
White banner with green cedar in center
StatusProvisional government
CapitalBaabda
Common languagesArabic
Armenian
Religion
Christianity
Druze
Islam
Demonym(s)Lebanese
LegislatureMajlis of Mount Lebanon
Historical eraPartition of the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman troops ousted from Mount Lebanon
30 September 1918
• Independence officially declared
20 May 1919
1 September 1920
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
Greater Lebanon

The state of Mount Lebanon (Arabic: جبل لبنان) was a short-lived self-administered state under French military occupation that was declared on