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.[6] The new governorate was finally established by the gazetting of Law 52 on 7 September 2017.[4][7] Implementation of the governorate began in 2020 with the appointment of its first governor, Pauline Deeb.[8]