mudiriyah
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A mudiriyah (; ), also known in English as mudirate and often translated as "province", is an administrative subdivision formerly used in Egypt and in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and still in use in Yemen. The Egyptian mudiriyat were subdivided into marākiz, or districts. In modern Egypt, these subdivisions were replaced by governorates (muhafazat).
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A mudiriyah (; ), also known in English as mudirate and often translated as "province", is an administrative subdivision formerly used in Egypt and in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and still in use in Yemen. The Egyptian mudiriyat were subdivided into marākiz, or districts. In modern Egypt, these subdivisions were replaced by governorates (muhafazat).
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