Lebanon

Official name:
the Lebanese Republic
Name in native language:
إلبنان / Lubnān
Capital:
Beirut
ISO country code
LB
Nat. statistical agency:
Central Administration for Statistics
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1970-11-15 : 2,126,325

the Lebanese Republic

Administrative units

mohafazat
caza		capitalarea (sq.km.)population
1996
estimate		population
2007
survey
source: 2007 - Living Conditions Survey, CAS. Nabatiyeh included in South_Lebanon.
source: 1996 - MoSA / UNDP.
note: Central Administration for Statistics, Lebanon.
note: area given is "surface area", inland water is another 170 sq.km.
note: Aakkar has become a mohafazah, as is the combination of the cazas of Baalbek and Hermel that have formed the mohafazah of Baalbek-Hermel.
BeirutBeirut19.6407,403361,366
Beirut 19.6407,403361,366
BekaaZahleh4,160.9399,881489,865
BaalbekBaalbek2,319.2157,049 
HermelHermel505.938,975 
RachaiyaRachaiya485.023,839 
Bekaa Gharbi (West Bekaa)Joubb Jannine425.455,692 
ZahlehZahleh425.4124,336 
Mount-LebanonBaabda1,968.91,145,4581,484,474
AaleyAaley263.799,947 
BaabdaBaabda194.3371,882 
ChoufDeïr el Qamar481.2120,473 
JbaylJbayl430.262,407 
KesrouaneJounieh335.7123,600 
MatnJdeideh263.2367,150 
NabatiyehNabatiyeh1,098.0205,412 
Bent JbaylBent Jbayl263.752,710 
HasbaiyaHasbaiya265.019,460 
MarjaayounMarjaayoun265.340,879 
NabatiyehNabatiyeh304.092,363 
North-LebanonTrablous2,024.8670,610763,712
AakkarHalba788.4198,174 
BatrounBatroun287.334,817 
BcharrehBcharreh158.216,831 
KouraAmioun172.647,540 
Minieh-DanniyehMinieh-Danniyeh409.196,417 
TrablousTrablous27.3227,857 
ZghartaZgharta181.948,974 
South-LebanonSaida929.6283,057659,718
JezzineJezzine241.814,626 
SaïdaSaïda273.7138,348 
SourSour414.1130,083 
total 10,452.03,111,8293,759,136

Main cities

namepopulation
1994
estimate		latitude /
longitude
Bayrūt [EN Beirut]1,100,00033.80/35.52
Tripoli240,000 
Sidon150,000 
Jūniyah100,000 
Zahlah100,000 
Tyre80,000 
source: "Book of the Year 2002", Encyclopedia Britannica.