It contains 21 incorporated settlements; the county seat is the largest city, Danville.

The county contains the following township-level divisions and principal settlements:

The administrative municipal area of the city contains following settlements:

Even if part of the state remains under occupation and contains settlements.

It covered the western part of the county and contained the following parishes and settlements:

The area contains several small settlements and is surrounded, by cultivated land.

Located in southwestern Russell County, it contains no incorporated settlements.

The governorate also contains more than 100 Bedouin villages and settlements that are not listed below.

It contained isolated settlements where insurgent leaders who had been pushed out of urban areas were in hiding.

Fremont Township covers an area of 36.29 square miles (93.99 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.