Governorates of Lebanon

Governorate
محافظات (Arabic)
  • Also known as:
  • Muhafazah
Location Lebanon
Number9 (as of 2024)
Populations300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate)
Subdivisions

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

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

GovernorateArabic nameCapital city ISO code Area (km2) Population (2022)[failed verification] Density

(per km2)

 Current governor
AkkarعكارHalba LB-AK 776 432,000 557 Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermelبعلبك - الهرملBaalbek LB-BH 3,009 472,000 157 Bashir Khodr
BeirutبيروتBeirut LB-BA 18 419,000 23,278 Marwan Abboud
BeqaaالبقاعZahleh LB-BI 1,271 540,000 425 Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Keserwan-Jbeilكسروان - جبيلJounieh N/a 722[failed verification] 300,000 415 Pauline Deeb
Mount Lebanonجبل لبنانBaabda LB-JL 1,238 1,531,000 1,237 Charbel Tabet
NabatiehالنبطيةNabatiye LB-NA 1,058 391,000 370 Mahmoud Al-Mawla
NorthالشمالTripoli LB-AS 1,205 803,000 666 Ramzi Nohra
SouthالجنوبSidon LB-JA 943 602,000 638 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 but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020. Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014.

See also

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. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. 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.