Beirut Governorate is the capital, and it is essentially the city of Beirut itself, on a peninsula in the Mediterranean. It is Lebanon’s political, commercial, and cultural center: the port, universities, and national museums sit in a small area, with no wide rural hinterland behind them. Daily life here is urban, from downtown and Hamra to Achrafieh and Ras Beirut. Quiz the capital on the governorate map, then move on to towns across the rest of the country.