Governorates of Lebanon
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| Governorate محافظات (Arabic) | |
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| Location |  Lebanon |
| Number | 9 (as of 2024) |
| Populations | 300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate) |
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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] | Density
(per km2) |
Current governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akkar | عكار | Halba | LB-AK | 776 | 432,000 | 557 | Imad Labaki |
| Baalbek-Hermel | بعلبك - الهرمل | Baalbek | LB-BH | 3,009 | 472,000 | 157 | Bashir Khodr |
| Beirut | بيروت | Beirut | LB-BA | 18 | 419,000 | 23,278 | Marwan Abboud |
| Beqaa | البقاع | Zahleh | LB-BI | 1,271 | 540,000 | 425 | Kamal Abou Jaoudeh |
| Keserwan-Jbeil | كسروان - جبيل | Jounieh | N/a | 722 | 300,000 | 415 | Pauline Deeb |
| Mount Lebanon | جبل لبنان | Baabda | LB-JL | 1,238 | 1,531,000 | 1,237 | Charbel Tabet |
| Nabatieh | النبطية | Nabatiye | LB-NA | 1,058 | 391,000 | 370 | Mahmoud Al-Mawla |
| North | الشمال | Tripoli | LB-AS | 1,205 | 803,000 | 666 | Ramzi Nohra |
| South | الجنوب | Sidon | 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[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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Law, Gwillim. "Lebanon Provinces". Statoids. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ Brinkhoff, Thomas (2 March 2019). "Lebanon: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Le découpage administratif du Liban en 2017" (in French). Localiban. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Basket of appointments fills key economic posts". BusinessNews.com.lb. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Cabinet Appoints 5 New Governors, Accepts Qaloush's Resignation". Naharnet. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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