Governorates of Gandhara

Gandhara is divided for administrative purposes into thirty-two administrative divisions, of which thirty are governorates (Arabic: محافظة muḥāfaẓah; pl. محافظات muḥāfaẓāt). Gandhari governorates are the top tier of the country's four-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. The governorates are subdivided into districts. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Gandhara and serves at the president's discretion.
In terms of area, Balochistan is the largest governorate with a total area of 68,709 km². Badawi is the smallest at 3,793 km². The second smallest governorate, Nasr with a total area of 4,874 km², is the most populous, with over 6.4 million inhabitants as of 2016. With 101,023 inhabitants, Dabbagh has the smallest population.
==Constitutional and legal framework==
The Constitution of Gandhara states in Chapter 5 that Gandhara consists of thirty governorates and two autonomous republics. The thirty-two administrative divisions are listed, but the constitution explicitly states that the list of administrative divisions is not exhaustive. This means that no constitutional revision is needed in case a territory joins Gandhara as an administrative division. A new territory can be included in the list of subdivisions during a possible future revision of the constitution to give it its constitutional recognition.
The internal organization of the governorates is regulated by formal law and statutes, as well as their administrative centers. The constitution states that subdivisions of governorates can be established and abolished by formal law. The constitution provides the opportunity for the central government to delegate political powers through devolution to the governorates by statute. Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by the central government. Gandhara therefore forms a decentralised unitary state.
==List of governorates==
Governorates of Gandhara	Governorates of Gandhara	Governorates of Gandhara	Governorates of Gandhara	Governorates of Gandhara
Flag 	Name 	Capital 	Area (km²) 	Population1
 	Abyad 	Hayyan 	22,493 	440,516
 	Adnan 	Palmyra 	5,375 	322,325
 	Badawi 	Salabat 	3,793 	362,744
 	Balochistan 	Khushk 	68,709 	2,246,631
 	Bayazidi 	Suran 	26,820 	331,672
 	Bazegha 	Kazmi 	33,120 	5,912,038
 	Caesarea 	Jazari 	27,676 	401,947
 	Dabbagh 	Wada 	10,293 	101,023
 	Dimashqi 	Sirajuddin 	21,448 	416,740
 	Dinawar 	Seriyas 	27,961 	212,918
 	Farabi 	Maslamah 	20,223 	2,944,461
 	Haydar 	Rahman 	40,436 	489,228
 	Kashani 	Thahabi 	10,896 	324,223
 	Khani 	Erdelan 	38,057 	310,556
 	Khuzaymah 	Shatir 	15,380 	398,487
 	Kirmani 	Khaldun 	32,328 	331,463
 	Maajid 	Abia 	7,437 	571,210
 	Malekian 	Sameera 	28,518 	645,676
 	Mawardi 	Behremend 	23,937 	491,055
 	Miskawayh 	Hanafi 	9,052 	392,013
 	Morteza 	Hayat 	20,884 	640,848
 	Nasr 	Manas 	4,874 	6,442,235
 	Qumi 	Tabatabaei 	19,484 	103,724
 	Sabbah 	Enayatullah 	17,541 	626,439
 	Sadarak 	Arslan 	31,740 	418,226
 	Sadat 	Rhea 	31,335 	4,987,841
 	Sijistan 	Zafar 	25,438 	457,918
 	Tayran 	Araz 	21,776 	281,857
 	Umayyah 	Quraysh 	13,676 	442,812
 	Wakra 	Saif al-Din 	13,763 	467,403
Total 	Total 	Total 	674,463 	32,516,229
1 As of 1 January 2016.
==See also==
* Administrative divisions of Gandhara
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