Nabatieh Governorate is one of the six governorates of Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. The area of this governorate is 1,058 km². The capital is Nabatieh.

Districts

The governorate is divided into four districts (Aqdiya, singular qadaa

Qadaa

Kaza or caza , meaning "jurisdiction" and often translated "district," is a term for a second-level administrative division in Iraq and Lebanon and for a third-level administrative division in Jordan and the former Ottoman Empire....

) containing 115 municipalities. The capitals are in brackets:

• Nabatiyeh (Nabatiyeh) - 38 municipalities
• Marjeyoun
  Marjeyoun District
  The Marjeyoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjeyoun.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Haramoun to the East, Beaufort 1000 years old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West,...
  
   (Marjeyoun) - 19 municipalities
• Hasbaya
  Hasbaya District
  The Hasbaya District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Hasbaya....
  
   (Hasbaya
  Hasbaya
  Hasbeya or Hasbeiya is a town in Lebanon, situated about 36 miles to the west of Damascus, at the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking a deep amphitheatre from which a brook flows to the Hasbani. In 1911, the population was about 5000....
  
  ) - 26 municipalities
• Bint Jbeil
  Bint Jbeil District
  The Bint Jbeil District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil....
  
   (Bint Jbeil
  Bint Jbeil
  Bint Jbeil is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.The town has an estimated population of 30,000. Its exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has not conducted a population census since 1932.-History:...
  
  ) - 36 municipalities

Religion in Nabatieh Governorate

Shia makes the majority with 68.69%; Christians makes the second most with 16.35%; Sunni makes the third with 11.21%; Druze are the last with 3.75%.

See also

• Southern Lebanon
  Southern Lebanon
  Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s...
  
  
• Jabal Amel