Muhafazah
# Muhafazah

A muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة; pl. مُحَافَظَات muḥāfaẓāt) is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated as "governorate", and occasionally as "province". It comes from the Arabic root ح-ا-ف-ظ ḥ-a-f-ẓ (verb: حافظ ḥafaẓa), which means to "keep" and "guard". The head of a muḥāfaẓah is the (مُحَافِظ) muḥāfiẓ .

## Muhafazat in Arab countries

* Governorates of Bahrain
* Governorates of Egypt
* Governorates of Iraq
* Governorates of Jordan
* Governorates of Kuwait
* Governorates of Libya (historic)
* Governorates of Lebanon
* Governorates of Oman
* Governorates of Palestine
* Governorates of Saudi Arabia (2nd level)
* Governorates of Syria
* Governorates of Yemen

The governorates of Tunisia are wilāyah in Arabic.

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