Governorates

administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire and several Soviet States

A '''''' is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated as "governorate", and occasionally as "province".

administrative subdivisions of Jordan

administrative division of Kuwait

first-level administrative division of Yemen

Subdivisions of Syria

short-lived territory on the Balkan Peninsula between 1941–1943

A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term governorate is typically used to calque divisions of non-English-speaking administrations.

administrative subdivision of Tunisia

Bahreïn administrative division

divided into eleven governorates

three-layer hierarchy below the governorate levels

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