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Governorate
A governorate is a subnational entity. The term is mostly used to translate the Arabic muhafazah (plural muhafazat), also spelled mohafazah (mohafazat). It may also refer to the Governorates General of Imperial Russia (Russian: guberniya).
Arab countries
A few of the following countries have strong usage of the French language, because they were French colonies. In French, the term muhafazah is translated as gouvernorate.
- Governorates of Bahrain
- Governorates of Egypt
- Governorates of Iraq
- Governorates of Jordan
- Governorates of Kuwait
- Governorates of Lebanon
- Governorates of Syria
- Governorates of Tunisia
- Governorates of Yemen
Imperial Russia
- Governorates of Russia
See also
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