governorate
Let an agent explain the governorate as a type of administrative division, identify countries and historical states that use or used it, relay counts and codes from official sources, and keep contested territories described with attribution.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the governorate as a type of administrative division, identify countries and historical states that use or used it, relay counts and codes from official sources, and keep contested territories described with attribution.
An administrative division headed by a governor, used as a first-level or intermediate unit in many countries, including the governorates of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia and Kuwait, the governorates of the Gaza Strip and West Bank under the Palestinian Authority, and historical governorates of the Russian Empire, the Spanish Empire and Italian East Africa; the term translates several local words such as the Arabic muhafazah and the Russian guberniya.
What it is for: Organising territorial administration under a governor.
It can be explain the type and its variants; identify countries using it; relay counts and codes; describe contested cases with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Governor as head
Translation of several local terms
First or intermediate level
Historical and current uses
What it looks like
Not a physical object; a division shown on maps and in registers.
Physical character
Egyptian governorates: 27 count
Iraqi governorates: 18 count - plus Kurdistan Region arrangements
How it is recognised
Division headed by a governor
Arabic muhafazah, Russian guberniya and other terms
Provinces and regions are equivalent levels under other names
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - a division
is headed by - the office
is equivalent to - in many systems
In practice
Families and kinds
governorates of Arab states such as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia, Kuwait and Oman
governorates of the Palestinian territories including the Gaza Strip
historical guberniyas of the Russian Empire
governorates of the Spanish Empire and Italian East Africa
governorates in other states such as Armenia and Tajikistan by translation
Identifiers
ISO 3166-2 per country codes for governorates
Standards and regulation
National territorial administration laws
Palestinian Authority administrative arrangements, described with attribution
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming the same level across countries
Mixing historical and current uses
Presenting contested territorial arrangements as settled
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify What a governorate is.
Identity.
Definition
Definition and terms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a governorate, and which local terms does the word translate? definition
- Is the use current, historical or contested? boundary
Countries
Countries.
Countries
Countries.
- Which countries use governorates, and at what level? definition
- Which entry fits the specific country system? action
Systems Powers and data.
Data.
Powers
Powers.
Powers
Powers.
- What powers do governorates and governors hold in a given country? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific unit? action
Counts
Counts and codes.
Counts
Counts.
- How many governorates exist in each country, with codes and sources? measurement
- Is the information current? boundary
History Historical governorates.
Context.
Russian
Russian guberniyas.
Russian
Russian.
- How was the guberniya system of the Russian Empire organised? provenance
- Which entry fits guberniya? action
Colonial
Colonial governorates.
Colonial
Colonial.
- How were governorates used in the Spanish Empire and Italian East Africa? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Contested Contested cases.
Attribution.
Palestine
Palestinian governorates.
Palestine
Palestine.
- How are the governorates of the Gaza Strip and West Bank organised, and how do different parties describe their status, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Other
Other cases.
Other
Other.
- Which other governorate arrangements are contested or transitional? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each country governorate system be a separate entry?
- How should official registers be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming historical and contested cases; should they be split off?