Administrative Division of the Territory of the Lebanese Republic

Type

Decree-Law

Number

5

Date of the text

03/02/1930

Official Gazette

published in 1930

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

55

What it provides

This decree divides Lebanese territory administratively into five governorates comprising eighteen districts, naming the seat of each governorate and district and specifying the governor, the district commissioner and the local administrative council in each district.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 0/1947 of 05/05/1947, articles 2
• Amended by Law No. 0/1930 of 12/12/1930
• Partly repealed by Law/1932 of 31/03/1932, articles 54

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1930. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.