Governorates of Lebanon
is divided into eight governorates. Each governorate is headed by a governor :
Governorate | Arabic name | Capital City | | Area | Population | Current governor |
Akkar | عكار | Halba | LB-AK | 788 | 389,899 | Imad Labaki |
Baalbek-Hermel | بعلبك - الهرمل | Baalbek | LB-BH | 3,009 | 416,427 | Bachir Khodr |
Beirut | بيروت | Beirut | LB-BA | 19 | 432,645 | Ziad Elias Chebib |
Beqaa | البقاع | Zahleh | LB-BI | 4,429 | 536,768 | Kamal Abou Jaoudeh |
Mount Lebanon | جبل لبنان | Baabda | LB-JL | 1,968 | 1,831,533 | Mohammed Al-Makkawi |
Nabatieh | النبطية | Nabatiye | LB-NA | 1,098 | 368,077 | Mahmoud Al-Mawla |
North | الشمال | Tripoli | LB-AS | 1,236 | 782,436 | Ramzi Nohra |
South | الجنوب | Sidon | LB-JA | 930 | 578,195 | Mansour Daw |
All of the governorates except for Beirut and Akkar are divided into districts, and then subdivided into municipalities.
Implementation of the two newest governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, remains ongoing since their establishment in 2014.
In August 2017, the Lebanese parliament decided to make a new governorate comprising the districts of Byblos and Keserwan. At the time, the governorate was awaiting presidential approval and actual implementation.