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Definition of Governorate
1. Noun. In Arab countries, the territory ruled over by a governor; a province ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Governorate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governorate
Literary usage of Governorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt's Food Subsidy and Rationing System: A Description by Harold Alderman, Joachim Von Braun, Sakr Ahmed Sakr (1982)
"... Table 11—Distribution of flour by selected governorate, March 1981 Bakeries
governorate Flour shops 72 Percent Flour 82 Percent Flour 72 Percent Flour ..."
2. The Estimation of Recent Trends in Fertility and Mortality in Egypt by National Research Council Staff, Committee on Population and Demography, Panel on Egypt (1982)
"INFANT MORTALITY BY governorate AND REGION, 1946-47 to 1975-76 We were unable to
calculate satisfactory corrections for completeness of registration of ..."
3. Iraq Speaks: Documents on the Gulf Crisis (1993)
"Ninawa governorate 19 January 1991 The historic St Thomas's Church bombed and
... Wasit governorate 17 January 1991 Air attack on the provincial capital, ..."
4. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"... twelve women and twenty children in all-have been "sent on to the Amn
administration of al-Ta'mim [Kirkuk] governorate"—the clearest possible proof of ..."
5. Hidden Death: Landmines and Civilian Casualties in Iraqi Kurdistan by Middle East Watch (Organization, Middle East Watch (Organization) (1992)
"... In most cases names given for minefields are those in common usage by the
Kurdish population. A. Erbil governorate ..."
6. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"Sixteen people had accidents in the Eastern area, nine in the Western area, five
in Behera governorate, and three in Aswan governorate. ..."
7. Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in Its Own Words by Joost R. Hiltermann (1994)
"Regrettably, the Kurds succeeded in removing only a small volume of documents
from the town of Kirkuk in al-Ta'mim governorate, seat of the Ba'ath Party's ..."
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