Governorate
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).
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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
Imperial Russia
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.
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Types of country subdivisionContemporary
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.
Categories
Country subdivisions | Governorates