0 an area controlled by a governor, especially in Arab countries:
Some governorates have been amalgamated into a single unit.
There are five Labour Departments, one in each governorate.
Totma was explicitly mentioned as one of the towns included in the governorate.
Vologda was specifically mentioned as one of the towns comprising the governorate.
As the basic political entity it was the governorate, the governors exercised judicial ordinary functions of first instance, and prerogatives of government legislating by ordinances.
The combined area of these governorates is 360 km2, and their total population in 2007 was 1,416,539.
Rebels fought with government forces backed by helicopter gunships in the heaviest clashes in the governorate since the revolt began.
