Governorates of Lebanon


is divided into eight governorates. Each governorate is headed by a governor :
GovernorateArabic nameCapital CityArea PopulationCurrent governor
AkkarعكارHalbaLB-AK788389,899Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermelبعلبك - الهرملBaalbekLB-BH3,009416,427Bachir Khodr
BeirutبيروتBeirutLB-BA19432,645Ziad Elias Chebib
BeqaaالبقاعZahlehLB-BI4,429536,768Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Mount Lebanonجبل لبنانBaabdaLB-JL1,9681,831,533Mohammed Al-Makkawi
NabatiehالنبطيةNabatiyeLB-NA1,098368,077Mahmoud Al-Mawla
NorthالشمالTripoliLB-AS1,236782,436Ramzi Nohra
SouthالجنوبSidonLB-JA930578,195Mansour 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.