The total area governed by chab municipalities is around 8 million square meters of land, out of which over 30% is covered by green spaces.

[1] [2] The town is home to the Pharès Zoghbi Cultural Foundation, which is a library of 65,000 books in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic.

[3] The town is also home to a state of the art theater called SJS theater at Saint Joseph School in addition to a city hall brand new facility next to St Peter & Paul's church.

St Vincent de Paul, a charitable institution, is located in Cornet Chahwan.

In addition to a fire department covering a vast areas of the El Metn district.