1) Type of country subdivision
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A governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states, provinces, or colonies, the term governorate is often used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations. The most common usage is as a translation of the Arabic ...
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(from the article `Yemen`) ...to break down the old tribal affiliations and the associated economic and political factionalism, the postindependence government abolished these ...
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