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A '''governorate''' is a ]. The term is mostly used to translate the ] '''''muhafazah''''' (plural '''''muhafazat'''''), also spelled '''''mohafazah''''' ('''''mohafazat'''''). It may also refer to the Governorates and Governor-Generalships of ] ({{lang-ru|губерния}}, ]: '']''). A '''governorate''' is a ]. The term is mostly used to translate the ] '''''muhafazah''''' (plural '''''muhafazat'''''), also spelled '''''mohafazah''''' ('''''mohafazat'''''). It may also refer to the Governorates and Governor-Generalships of ] ({{lang-ru|губерния}}, ]: '']'').


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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 and Governor-Generalships of Imperial Russia (Template:Lang-ru, tr.: guberniya).

Arab countries

With the exception of Tunisia all translations into the term governorate originate in the arab word muhafazah.

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.

Designations for types of administrative division
English terms
Common English terms
Area
Borough
CantonHalf-canton
Capital
City
Community
County
Country
Department
District
Division
Indian reserve/reservation
Municipality
Prefecture
Province
Region
State
Territory
Town
Township
Unit
Zone
Other English terms
Current
Historical
Non-English terms or loanwords
Current
Historical
Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in italics.
See also
Autonomous administration
Census division
Electoral district
List of administrative divisions by country
Slavic administrative divisions


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