Governorates of Gandhara

Governorates of Gandhara
Category	Unitary unit
Location	Gandhara
Number	30 governorates
Populations	101,023 (Dabbagh) – 6,442,235 (Nasr)
Areas	3,793 km² (Badawi) – 68,709 km² (Balochistan)
Government	Governorance government, National government
Subdivisions	District

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 Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by the central government.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
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			674,463	32,516,229

¹ As of 1 January 2016.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Gandhara