Lebanon is divided into nine governorates (muhafazah). Each governorate is headed by a governor (muhafiz):
| Governorate محافظات (Arabic) | |
|---|---|
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| Location |  Lebanon |
| Number | 9 (as of 2022) |
| Populations | 300,000 (Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate) - 1,531,000 (Mount Lebanon Governorate) |
| Subdivisions | |
| 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]