Definition of "governate" [governate]

• Governorate (noun)

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• "Working togetherMuslim and Christian leaders have worked together to set up smaller versions of their interfaith crisis group in towns and villages across Assyut governate."
• "Angry crowds seized a local police station in Kirkuk, set fire to a provincial office in Mosul and rattled fences around the local governate offices in Tikrit, prompting security forces to open fire with live bullets."
• "Angry crowds seized a police station in Kirkuk, set fire to a provincial office in Mosul and rattled fences around the local governate offices in Tikrit, prompting security forces to open fire with live bullets, killing four people."