Governorates of Lebanon


is divided into nine governorates.
Each governorate is headed by a governor.
GovernorateArabic nameCapital CityISO codeArea Population Density
Current governor
AkkarعكارHalbaLB-AK776432,000557Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermelبعلبك - الهرملBaalbekLB-BH3,009472,000157Bashir Khodr
BeirutبيروتBeirutLB-BA18419,00023,278Marwan Abboud
BeqaaالبقاعZahlehLB-BI1,271540,000425Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Keserwan-Jbeilكسروان - جبيلJounieh722300,000415Pauline Deeb
Mount [Lebanon Governorate|Mount Lebanon]جبل لبنانBaabdaLB-JL1,2381,531,0001,237Charbel Tabet
NabatiehالنبطيةNabatiyeLB-NA1,058391,000370Mahmoud Al-Mawla
NorthالشمالTripoliLB-AS1,205803,000666Ramzi Nohra
SouthالجنوبSidonLB-JA943602,000638Mansour Daou

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