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{{Short description|First-level administrative division of Lebanon}}
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name               = Governorate<br>{{native name|ar|محافظات|italics=off}}
| alt_name           = Muhafazah
| map                = [[File:Lebanon_governorates_english.svg|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        = [[Districts of Lebanon|District]]
}}

{{Politics of Lebanon}}

[[Lebanon]] is divided into nine [[governorate]]s (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 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>
!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>
!Density
(per km<sup>2</sup>)
!Current governor
|-
| [[Akkar Governorate|Akkar]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|عكار}} || [[Halba, Lebanon|Halba]]
|LB-AK
|! style="text-align:right | 776
|! style="text-align:right | 432,000
|557
|Imad Labaki
|-
| [[Baalbek-Hermel Governorate|Baalbek-Hermel]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|بعلبك - الهرمل}} || [[Baalbek]]
|LB-BH
|! style="text-align:right | 3,009
|! style="text-align:right | 472,000
|157
|Bashir Khodr
|-
| [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|بيروت}} || [[Beirut]]
|LB-BA
|! style="text-align:right | 18
|! style="text-align:right | 419,000
|23,278
|[[Marwan Abboud]]
|-
| [[Beqaa Governorate|Beqaa]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|البقاع}} || [[Zahleh]]
|LB-BI
|! style="text-align:right | 1,271
|! style="text-align:right | 540,000
|425
|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
|415
|Pauline Deeb
|-
| [[Mount Lebanon Governorate|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
|1,237
|Charbel Tabet
|-
| [[Nabatieh Governorate|Nabatieh]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|النبطية}} || [[Nabatiye]]
|LB-NA
|! style="text-align:right | 1,058
|! style="text-align:right | 391,000
|370
|Mahmoud Al-Mawla
|-
| [[North Governorate|North]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الشمال}} || [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]
|LB-AS
|! style="text-align:right | 1,205
|! style="text-align:right | 803,000
|666
|Ramzi Nohra
|-
| [[South Governorate|South]] || style="direction:rtl" | {{lang|ar|الجنوب}} || [[Sidon]]
|LB-JA
|! style="text-align:right | 943
|! style="text-align:right | 602,000
|638
|Mansour Daou
|}

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]].

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>

== See also ==
* [[Politics of Lebanon]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==

{{Governorates of Lebanon}}
{{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of Asian countries}}

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