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Mohafazah of South Lebanon

Mohafazah of South-Lebanon is one of the eight Lebanese mohafazat. It consists of three kaza, Jezzine, Saida (Sidon) and Tyr (Sour). Saida (Sidon) is the administrative center of the South-Lebanon mohafazah.

There is four federation of municipalities and 138 municipalities in the mohafazah. In the last municipal elections (2004), the mohafazah of South-Lebanon counted 553 280 resgitered voters of which 305 087 voters. [1]

Distribution of the municipal assemblies and shares from the distribution of the Independent Municipal Fund revenues [2]
Kaza Municipal assemblies Value of the distributed share of the municipalities (LBP billion) [3] Value of the shares of the municipalities unions (LBP billion)
Jezzine 35 3.602 1.049
Saida (Sidon) 45 10.225 1.576
Tyr (Sour) 58 11.262 2.436
Total 138 25.089 5.061

[1] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Republic of Lebanon - http://www.moim.gov.lb)

[2] Source : http://www.iimonthly.com Source: Information International according to the decree no. 614/2008 (27/10/2008)

[3] Livre Libanaise

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