Governorates of Lebanon

{{Short description|First-level administrative division of Lebanon}}

{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Governorate
{{native name|ar|محافظات|italics=off}}

| alt_name = Muhafazah

| map = 300px

| territory = {{LBN}}

| start_date =

| current_number = 9

| number_date = 2024

| population_range = 300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate)

| area_range =

| government =

| subdivision = District

}}

{{Politics of Lebanon}}

Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (Arabic: {{lang|ar-Latn|muhafazah}}).

Each governorate is headed by a governor (Arabic: {{lang|ar-Latn|muhafiz}}).

class="wikitable sortable"
Governorate	class="unsortable" | Arabic name	Capital City !ISO code !Area (km2){{cite web |last=Law |first=Gwillim |url=http://www.statoids.com/ulb.html |title=Lebanon Provinces |website=Statoids |accessdate=17 April 2021}} !Population (2022){{cite web |last=Brinkhoff |first=Thomas |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/lebanon/admin/ |title=Lebanon: Administrative Division |website=City Population |date=2 March 2019 |accessdate=17 April 2021}} !Current governor
Akkar	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|عكار}}	Halba |LB-AK |! style="text-align:right | 776 |! style="text-align:right | 432,000 |Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermel	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|بعلبك - الهرمل}}	Baalbek |LB-BH |! style="text-align:right | 3,009 |! style="text-align:right | 472,000 |Bashir Khodr
Beirut	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|بيروت}}	Beirut |LB-BA |! style="text-align:right | 18 |! style="text-align:right | 419,000 |Marwan Abboud
Beqaa	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|البقاع}}	Zahleh |LB-BI |! style="text-align:right | 1,271 |! style="text-align:right | 540,000 |Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Keserwan-Jbeil	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|كسروان - جبيل}}	Jounieh |{{N/A}} |! style="text-align:right | 722 |! style="text-align:right | 300,000 |Pauline Deeb
Mount Lebanon	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|جبل لبنان}}	Baabda |LB-JL |! style="text-align:right | 1,238 |! style="text-align:right | 1,531,000 |Charbel Tabet
Nabatieh	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|النبطية}}	Nabatiye |LB-NA |! style="text-align:right | 1,058 |! style="text-align:right | 391,000 |Mahmoud Al-Mawla
North	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الشمال}}	Tripoli |LB-AS |! style="text-align:right | 1,205 |! style="text-align:right | 803,000 |Ramzi Nohra
South	style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الجنوب}}	Sidon |LB-JA |! style="text-align:right | 943 |! style="text-align:right | 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{{cite web |url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=273715 |title=إنشاء محافظة جديدة في جبل لبنان باسم "كسروان الفتوح وجبيل" |language=ar |date=7 September 2017 |publisher=Legal Informatics Center, Lebanese University |accessdate=17 April 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.libandata.org/fr/cartes/le-decoupage-administratif-du-liban-en-2017 |title=Le découpage administratif du Liban en 2017 |language=fr |publisher=Localiban |accessdate=17 April 2021 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509131300/http://www.libandata.org/fr/cartes/le-decoupage-administratif-du-liban-en-2017 |url-status=dead }} but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020.{{cite news |url=http://www.businessnews.com.lb/cms/Story/StoryDetails/8669/Basket-of-appointments-fills-key-economic-posts |title=Basket of appointments fills key economic posts |date=11 June 2020 |website=BusinessNews.com.lb |accessdate=17 April 2021}} Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/128994 |title=Cabinet Appoints 5 New Governors, Accepts Qaloush's Resignation |date=2 May 2014 |publisher=Naharnet |access-date=19 February 2017}}