Syrian Federation

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Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria Fédération des États Autonomes de Syrie
1922–1925
Flag
Status	Federal state administered according to the French Mandate of Syria
Capital	Aleppo[a] (1922–1923) Damascus (1923–1925)
President
• 1922–1925	Subhi Bey Barakat
Legislature	[1]
History
• Established	28 June 1922
• Dissolution effective	1 January 1925
Area
119,000–120,000 km2 (46,000–46,000 sq mi)
Currency
Preceded by Succeeded by State of Aleppo State of Damascus Alawite Territory State of Syria State of the Alawites
Today part of	Syria, Turkey
a The capital was initially supposed to alternate between Aleppo and Damascus. Homs had also been considered to become the capital.

The Syrian Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد السوري‎; French: Fédération Syrienne), officially the Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria (French: Fédération des États Autonomes de Syrie), was constituted on 28 June 1922 by High Commissary Gouraud.^[2] It comprised the States of Aleppo, Damascus and of the Alawites,^[3] spanning an area of 190,000 to 200,000 km² (46,000 sq mi).^[4] It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December 1924, "which received its application starting from 1 January 1925".^[5]

References[]

Sources[]

• Annales des sciences politiques. 1924.
• Le Conte, René (5 May 1923). "Géographie administrative du Levant français". La Nature.
• Joffre, Alphonse (1924). Le mandat de la France sur la Syrie et le Grand-Liban.
• Palmyre. 12 May 2016. ISBN 9782262067892.
• Rapport sur la situation de la Syrie et du Liban. 1925.
• Malsagne, Stéphane (2011). Fouad Chéhab, 1902-1973. ISBN 9782811105167.

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