North Governorate


North Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Tripoli. Ramzi Nohra has been its governor since May 2, 2014. The population of North Governorate is 731,251.

Districts

North Governorate is divided into districts, or aqdya. The districts are listed below :
A law was passed in 2003 to separate Akkar District from North Governorate and form a new governorate, Akkar Governorate. Implementation of Akkar Governorate began in 2014 with the appointment of its first governor.

Religion in North Governorate

Sunnis make up the overwhelming majority in the city of Tripoli and the Minyeh and Danniyeh districts with some presence in zgharta and the koura districts, Alawites are present only in a small part in the city of Tripoli, while Christians make up the overlwhelming majority in Zgharta, Batroun, Bsharri and Koura districts. This is an accurate pie chart according to the 2018 general elections electorates including 52.9% Sunni, 44% Christians mainly maronites and orthodox, and a very small percentage of alawaites and Shia Muslims. This however does not include the U18 population nor foreigners including both Syrians and Palestinians.

Electoral Constituencies and Confessional Distribution

The North governorate is divided into two separate electoral constituencies: North I and North II.
North I's seats are distributed as follows:
North II's seats are distributed as follows: