Governorates of Lebanon

Governorate محافظات (Arabic)
Also known as: Muhafazah
Location	Lebanon
Number	9 (as of 2024)
Populations	300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate)
Subdivisions	District

Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (Arabic: muhafazah ).

Each governorate is headed by a governor (Arabic: muhafiz).

Governorate	Arabic name	Capital City	ISO code	Area (km2) [1]	Population (2022) [2]	Current governor
Akkar	عكار	Halba	LB-AK	776	432,000	Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermel	بعلبك - الهرمل	Baalbek	LB-BH	3,009	472,000	Bashir Khodr
Beirut	بيروت	Beirut	LB-BA	18	419,000	Marwan Abboud
Beqaa	البقاع	Zahleh	LB-BI	1,271	540,000	Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Keserwan-Jbeil	كسروان - جبيل	Jounieh	—	722	300,000	Pauline Deeb
Mount Lebanon	جبل لبنان	Baabda	LB-JL	1,238	1,531,000	Charbel Tabet
Nabatieh	النبطية	Nabatiye	LB-NA	1,058	391,000	Mahmoud Al-Mawla
North	الشمال	Tripoli	LB-AS	1,205	803,000	Ramzi Nohra
South	الجنوب	Sidon	LB-JA	943	602,000	Mansour Daou

All of the governorates except for Beirut and Akkar are divided into districts, which are further subdivided into municipalities.

The newest governorate is Keserwan-Jbeil, which was gazetted on 7 September 2017 ^{[3] [4]} but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020. ^[5] Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014. ^[6]

See also

• Politics of Lebanon

References

1. Law, Gwillim. "Lebanon Provinces". Statoids. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. Brinkhoff, Thomas (2 March 2019). "Lebanon: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
3. "إنشاء محافظة جديدة في جبل لبنان باسم "كسروان الفتوح وجبيل"" (in Arabic). Legal Informatics Center, Lebanese University. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. "Le découpage administratif du Liban en 2017" (in French). Localiban. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. "Basket of appointments fills key economic posts". BusinessNews.com.lb. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
6. "Cabinet Appoints 5 New Governors, Accepts Qaloush's Resignation". Naharnet. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.