Governorate
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A governorate is a country subdivision. The term is mostly used to translate the Arabic muhafazah (plural muhafazat), also spelled mohafazah (mohafazat). It may also refer to the Governorates and Governor-Generalships of Imperial Russia (Russian: губерния, tr.: guberniya).
[edit] Arab countries
With the exception of Tunisia all translations into the term governorate originate in the arab word muhafazah.
- Governorates of Bahrain
- Governorates of Egypt
- Governorates of Iraq (official translation, sometimes also translated as province)
- Governorates of Jordan
- Governorates of Kuwait
- Governorates of Lebanon
- Governorates of Palestine
- Governorates of Oman
- Governorates of Saudi Arabia
- Governorates of Syria
- Governorates of Tunisia (wilayah)
- Governorates of Yemen
[edit] Imperial Russia
[edit] Germany
During the time of the Third Reich a General government for the occupied Polish areas, in German Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete existed. The German term is only rarely translated as General Governorate. The term is a traditional Prussian term.
Contemporary
Arrondissement •
Bailiwick •
Banner • Autonomous banner •
Block •
Borough • County borough • Metropolitan borough •
Capital • Federal capital •
Canton •
Census division • Census geographic unit • Census metropolitan area • Census subdivision •
Circle •
Circuit •
City • Autonomous city • Independent city •
Colony •
Commune •
Community • Autonomous community • Residential community •
Constituency •
County • Administrative county • Autonomous county • Metropolitan county •
Council •
Croft •
Department •
Dependency •
District • Autonomous district • Capital district • City district • Federal district • Metropolitan district • Municipal district • National capital district • Special capital district •
Division •
Duchy •
Governorate •
Hamlet •
Insular area •
Local administrative unit •
Local government area •
Municipality • Regional municipality • Regional county municipality • Rural municipality •
Neighbourhood •
Oblast •
Okrug •
Parish • Civil parish •
Periphery •
Prefecture • Autonomous prefecture •
Province • Autonomous province •
Regency •
Region • Autonomous region • Capital region • Special administrative region •
Republic • Autonomous republic •
Ranchería • Reservation • Reserve •
Shire •
State •
Subdistrict •
Subprefecture •
Territory • Autonomous territorial unit • Capital territory • Federal capital territory • National territory • National capital territory •
Town •
Townland •
Township • Civil township •
Urban (urbanized) area •
Village •
Vingtaine •
Voivodeship •
Ward
Historical
Agency • Barony • Burgh • Cantref • Commote • Hundred • Imperial Circle • Imperial Free City • Imperial province • Presidency • Residency • Rural district • Sanitary district (rural • urban) • Urban district
Boldface indicates a type used by ten or more countries; loanwords in italics.
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