Kura (administrative division)

Kura or Koura (Arabic: كورة, romanized: Kūra) was a term used by Muslims to describe the political administrative units of Egypt, equivalent to the nomes of pre-Islamic times. These administrative units are smaller than the modern governorates of Egypt.

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