Syrian Federation
Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria Fédération des États autonomes de Syrie | |||||||||||||||
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| 1922–1925 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Federal state administered by the French Mandate of Syria | ||||||||||||||
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| President | |||||||||||||||
• 1922–1925 | Subhi Bey Barakat | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Federal Council | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 28 June 1922 | ||||||||||||||
• Dissolution effective | 1 January 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
| 119,000–120,000 km2 (46,000–46,000 sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
| Currency | Lebanese-Syrian pound | ||||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | SY | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Turkey Israel (disputed) | ||||||||||||||
a The capital was initially planned to alternate between Aleppo and Damascus. | |||||||||||||||
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. It comprised the States of Aleppo, Damascus, and of the Alawites, spanning an area of 119,000 to 120,000 km2. It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December 1924 "which received its application starting on 1 January 1925".