Meanings of governorate (governorates) in English

The Kurdistan region has its own timetable for provincial elections in its three governorates.

The government also banned movement of people between governorates.

She said the aim is to offer the workshops in five Egyptian governorates within a year.

The National Population Council said contraceptive use in Sohag is the lowest among six governorates surveyed.

It enrolled 456 residents of the community randomly selected from Lebanon's governorates in a proportionate rate.

Union membership now stands at 26,000 across four governorates in the south.

Thousands of Egyptians waving flags celebrated the victory in several of the country's governorates just after the results.

In the seven least-developed of Syria's 14 governorates, women have between 3.8 and 6.2 children.

The collapse of the Yemeni government has allowed al-Qaida to essentially run rampant in the southern governorates of Abyan and Shabwa.

The WHO is administering vaccinations, targeting 540,000 people in three vulnerable districts in Hodeidah and Ibb governorates.

The WFP found that more than half of children under the age of five were anaemic, based on research in nine of the 27 governorates.

The announcement came from the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group that declared self-rule on Sunday in southern Yemeni governorates including Aden.

World Food Programme spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said 10 of Yemen's 22 governorates were so short of food that famines were looming.

World Food Program spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said 10 of Yemen's 22 governorates were so short of food that famines were looming.

Egyptians have been voting on Sunday and Monday in 13 of the country's 27 governorates in the second phase of parliamentary elections.

He called for "families in all Egyptian governorates and villages to be prepared to take to the streets and fill squares" to support their president.