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Governorate
محافظات (Arabic)
Governorate; محافظات (Arabic)
Also known as:; Muhafazah;
Location	Lebanon
Number	9 (as of 2022)
Populations	300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate)
Subdivisions	District;

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Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (muhafazah). Each governorate is headed by a governor (muhafiz):

Governorate	Arabic name	Capital City	ISO code	Area (km²)^[1]	Population (2022)^[2]	Current governor
Akkar	عكار	Halba	LB-AK	776	432,000	Imad Labaki
Baalbek-Hermel	بعلبك - الهرمل	Baalbek	LB-BH	3,009	472,000	Bachir Khodr
Beirut	بيروت	Beirut	LB-BA	18	419,000	Marwan Abboud
Beqaa	البقاع	Zahleh	LB-BI	1,271	540,000	Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
Keserwan-Jbeil	كسروان - جبيل	Jounieh	—	722	300,000	Pauline Deeb
Mount Lebanon	جبل لبنان	Baabda	LB-JL	1,238	1,531,000	Mohammed Al-Makkawi
Nabatieh	النبطية	Nabatiye	LB-NA	1,058	391,000	Mahmoud Al-Mawla
North	الشمال	Tripoli	LB-AS	1,205	803,000	Ramzi Nohra
South	الجنوب	Sidon	LB-JA	943	602,000	Mansour Daw

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]

References

^ 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. 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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[statoids-1] Law, Gwillim. "Lebanon Provinces". Statoids. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[citypop-2] Brinkhoff, Thomas (2 March 2019). "Lebanon: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[3] "إنشاء محافظة جديدة في جبل لبنان باسم "كسروان الفتوح وجبيل"" (in Arabic). Legal Informatics Center, Lebanese University. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[4] "Le découpage administratif du Liban en 2017" (in French). Localiban. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[5] "Basket of appointments fills key economic posts". BusinessNews.com.lb. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[6] "Cabinet Appoints 5 New Governors, Accepts Qaloush's Resignation". Naharnet. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

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+{{Short description|First-level administrative division of Lebanon}}
 {{Infobox subdivision type
-| name               = Governorates of Lebanon<br>{{native name|ar|محافظات|italics=off}}
+| name               = Governorate<br>{{native name|ar|محافظات|italics=off}}
 | alt_name           = Muhafazah
-| map                = [[File:Lebanon divisions.svg|250px]]
+| map                = [[File:Lebanon_governorates_english.svg|300px]]
-| category           = First-level administration
 | territory          = {{LBN}}
 | start_date         =
-| current_number     = 8
+| current_number     = 9
-| number_date        = 2017
+| number_date        = 2022
-| population_range   =
+| population_range   = 300,000 ([[Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate]]) - 1,531,000 ([[Mount Lebanon Governorate]])
 | area_range         =
-| government         = Governorate Government, [[Politics of Lebanon|National Government]]
+| government         =
 | subdivision        = [[Districts of Lebanon|District]]
 }}
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 {{Politics of Lebanon}}
-[[Lebanon]] is divided into eight [[governorate]]s (''[[muhafazah]]''). Each governorate is headed by a governor (''muhafiz''):
+[[Lebanon]] is divided into nine [[governorate]]s (''[[muhafazah]]''). Each governorate is headed by a governor (''muhafiz''):
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
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 ! Governorate !! class="unsortable" | Arabic name !! Capital City
 ![[ISO 3166-2:LB|ISO code]]
+!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=statoids>{{cite web |last=Law |first=Gwillim |url=http://www.statoids.com/ulb.html |title=Lebanon Provinces |website=Statoids |accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref>
-!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
+!Population (2022)<ref name=citypop>{{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}}</ref>
-!Population
 !Current governor
 |-
 | [[Akkar Governorate|Akkar]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|عكار}} || [[Halba, Lebanon|Halba]]
 |LB-AK
-|! style="text-align:right | 788
+|! style="text-align:right | 776
-|! style="text-align:right | 389,899
+|! style="text-align:right | 432,000
 |Imad Labaki
 |-
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 |LB-BH
 |! style="text-align:right | 3,009
-|! style="text-align:right | 416,427
+|! style="text-align:right | 472,000
 |Bachir Khodr
 |-
 | [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|بيروت}} || [[Beirut]]
 |LB-BA
-|! style="text-align:right | 19
+|! style="text-align:right | 18
-|! style="text-align:right | 432,645
+|! style="text-align:right | 419,000
-|Marwan Abboud
+|[[Marwan Abboud]]
 |-
 | [[Beqaa Governorate|Beqaa]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|البقاع}} || [[Zahleh]]
 |LB-BI
-|! style="text-align:right | 4,429
+|! style="text-align:right | 1,271
-|! style="text-align:right | 536,768
+|! style="text-align:right | 540,000
 |Kamal Abou Jaoudeh
+|-
+| [[Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate|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 Governorate|Mount Lebanon]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|جبل لبنان}} || [[Baabda]]
 |LB-JL
-|! style="text-align:right | 1,968
+|! style="text-align:right | 1,238
-|! style="text-align:right | 1,831,533
+|! style="text-align:right | 1,531,000
 |Mohammed Al-Makkawi
 |-
 | [[Nabatieh Governorate|Nabatieh]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|النبطية}} || [[Nabatiye]]
 |LB-NA
-|! style="text-align:right | 1,098
+|! style="text-align:right | 1,058
-|! style="text-align:right | 368,077
+|! style="text-align:right | 391,000
 |Mahmoud Al-Mawla
 |-
 | [[North Governorate|North]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الشمال}} || [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]
 |LB-AS
-|! style="text-align:right | 1,236
+|! style="text-align:right | 1,205
-|! style="text-align:right | 782,436
+|! style="text-align:right | 803,000
 |Ramzi Nohra
 |-
 | [[South Governorate|South]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الجنوب}} || [[Sidon]]
 |LB-JA
-|! style="text-align:right | 930
+|! style="text-align:right | 943
-|! style="text-align:right | 578,195
+|! style="text-align:right | 602,000
 |Mansour Daw
 |}
-All of the governorates except for [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]] and  [[Akkar Governorate|Akkar]] are divided into [[districts of Lebanon|districts]], and then subdivided into [[list of municipalities of Lebanon|municipalities]].
+All of the governorates except for [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]] and [[Akkar Governorate|Akkar]] are divided into [[districts of Lebanon|districts]], which are further subdivided into [[list of municipalities of Lebanon|municipalities]].
-Implementation of the two newest governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, remains ongoing since their establishment in 2014.<ref>{{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]] |accessdate=19 February 2017}}</ref>
+The newest governorate is Keserwan-Jbeil, which was gazetted on 7 September 2017<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> but whose first governor, Pauline Deeb, was not appointed until 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Implementation of the next most recently created governorates, Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel, also remains ongoing since the appointment of their first governors in 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessnews.com.lb/cms/Story/StoryDetails.aspx?ItemID=6193|title=Keserwan and Jbeil Merged into a mohafazah|date=16 August 2017 |publisher=BusinessNews.com.lb |accessdate=30 December 2017}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[Districts of Lebanon]]
-* [[List of municipalities of Lebanon]]
 * [[Politics of Lebanon]]
-* [[ISO 3166-2:LB]]
 == References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist|30em}}
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