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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 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.

Imperial Russia

  • Governorates of Russia

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