List of cities and towns in Lebanon

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Districts of Lebanon

This is a list of cities and towns in Lebanon [1] distributed according to the 26 districts which are split into 9 governorates. There are over 1000 municipalities (cities and towns). 56.21% of the population lives in 19 cities and towns, which gives the average 2,158 people per town.

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Largest cities (2021)

City [2] RegionEstimated Population 2016
Beirut Beirut Governorate 2,402,485
Tripoli North Governorate 229,398
Sidon South Governorate 163,554
Baalbek Baalbek-Hermel Governorate 150,806
Tyre South Governorate 135,204
Nabatieh South Governorate 120,000
Jounieh Mount Lebanon Governorate 115,000
Aley Mount Lebanon Governorate 100,000
Zahle Beqaa Governorate 78,145
Zgharta-Ehden North Governorate 50,000
Byblos Mount Lebanon Governorate 20,784
Batroun North Governorate 10,820

NB: These numbers are sourced from World Population Review which source their data from Geonames.org

Akkar Governorate (174)

Baalbek-Hermel Governorate (70)

Beirut Governorate (12)

This list includes the 12 Quarters (also known as neighborhoods with the number of registered voters in 2014 [3]

English NameArabic Name Population
Mazraa المَزْرَعَة87,222
Mousaitbeh الِمْصَيطْبِِة72,337
Bachoura الباشورَة54,304
Achrafieh الأَشْرَفِيِّة54,199
Zuqaq al-Blat زْقاق الِبْلاط50,795
Medawar الِمْدَوَّر41,358
Ras Beirut رأس بيروت33,724
Rmeil الرّميل28,847
Minet el-Hosnميناء الحُصن13,105
Dar el-Mraisseh دار الِمْريسِة11,587
Marfa (Port) المَرْفَأ10,146
Saifi الصَّيْفي9,155

Beqaa Governorate (79)

Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate (142)

Mount Lebanon Governorate (222)

Nabatieh Governorate (129)

North Governorate (228)

South Governorate (179)

See also

References

  1. List of municipalities according to Informs.gov.lb The Lebanese Government Portal for Information and Forms Archived 2006-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Population of Cities in Lebanon (2021)".
  3. "بلدات محافظة بيروت".