Governorate 1583976 213408228 2008-05-19T05:16:02Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[sv:Guvernement]] A '''governorate''' is an [[administrative division]] of a country. The term is mostly used to translate the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] '''''muhafazah''''' (plural '''''muhafazat'''''), also spelled '''''mohafazah''''' ('''''mohafazat'''''). It may also refer to the Governorates and Governor-Generalships of [[Imperial Russia]] ({{lang-ru|губерния}}, [[Transliteration of Russian into English|tr.]]: ''[[guberniya]]''). ==Arab countries== The term [[governorate]] is widely used in Arab countries to describe an administrative unit. Some governorates combine more than one [[wilayah]]; others closely follow traditional boundaries inherited from the [[Ottoman Empire]]'s [[vilayet]] system. With the exception of Tunisia all translations into the term governorate originate in the Arab word [[muhafazah]]. *[[Governorates of Bahrain]] *[[Governorates of Egypt]] *[[Governorates of Iraq]] (official translation, sometimes also translated as province) *[[Governorates of Jordan]] *[[Governorates of Kuwait]] *[[Governorates of Lebanon]] *[[Governorates of Palestine]] *[[Governorates of Oman]] *[[Governorates of Saudi Arabia]] *[[Governorates of Syria]] *[[Governorates of Tunisia]] (''[[wilayah]]'') *[[Governorates of Yemen]] ==Imperial Russia== *[[History of the administrative division of Russia]] *[[Guberniya]] and [[:Category:Governorates of the Russian Empire]] ==Congress Kingdom of Poland== *See [[Administrative division of Congress Poland]] ==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. ==Vatican City== Under the [[Fundamental Law for Vatican City State]], the [[pope]]'s [[executive authority]] for [[Vatican City]] is exercised by the Governorate for Vatican City State. The [[President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State|President]] of Vatican City's legislative body is ''[[ex officio]]'' the President of the Governorate. The other key officers of the Governorate are the General Secretary and the Vice General Secretary. All three officers are appointed by the pope for five year terms.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | title=Fundamental Law of Vatican City State | date=[[November 26]], [[2000]] | author=[[Pope John Paul II]] | accessdate=2008-01-23 }}</ref> ==References== <references /> {{Types of administrative country subdivision}} [[Category:Administrative divisions]] [[Category:Governorates|*]] {{Gov-stub}} [[ca:Governació]] [[es:Gobernación]] [[fr:Subdivision]] [[id:Gubernurat]] [[nl:Gouvernement (bestuur)]] [[no:Guvernement]] [[pt:Governadorato]] [[sv:Guvernement]]