Keserwan-Jbeil (Arabic: كسروان - جبيل) is the most recently created governorate of Lebanon.
[4] As of the end of 2017, the combined population of the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan was estimated to be 282,222.
[2] Maronites comprise a large majority of the population in the governorate, while Shiites are the next largest confessional group.
In the 2018 Lebanese general election, Jbeil and Keserwan formed the Mount Lebanon I electoral district which was allotted eight parliamentary seats in total, seven Maronite and one Shia.
[5] A proposal to separate the districts of Jbeil and Keserwan from Mount Lebanon Governorate was first submitted to Parliament in 2003.