Sources
Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities - www.interior.gov.lb
With the decree 11861 of 11/02/2004, the number of lebanese muhafazah-s increased from six to eight. Two muhafazah-s were created, Baalbek-Hermel and Aakkar.
Lebanese territory is administratively divided into three levels :
- First level : Eight muhafazah-s.
- Second level : Twenty-five kaza-s.
- Third level : 1 029 municipalities (baladia, may 2016). Two or more municipalities could form a federation of municipalities.
