A governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states, provinces, or colonies, the term "governorate" is often used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations.
Administrative divisions of countries are often controlled by governorates.
The snippet contains nothing about the number of existing governates, nor the frequency in which they appear (i.e. rarely, often). 