Provinces of Mennefer

For the purposes of administration, Mennefer is divided into 33. Menneferian provinces are the highest tier of the country's jurisdiction hierarchy. A province is administrated by a governor, but the provincial Committee Secretary appointed by the Menneferian People's Party is effectively in charge of the province, rather than the governor of the provincial government.

Overview
All 33 provinces are nominally equal under the law, but several of them are recognized as having "distinct ethno-cultural backgrounds"; this does not necessarily grant them any real autonomy. Some of the provinces also have Self-Administered Municipalities centered around their largest cities, which have their own autonomous governing bodies.

History
The borders and amount of provinces in Mennefer has shifted and turned through time, but have always been centered on the largest city in each region. The provinces as they are today were first designed in 1951 after independence from colonial rule. Following the Menneferian Revolution several adjustments have been made over the years, mostly by splitting provinces into several smaller ones or readjusting their boundaries to better reflect economic usage, geography, population change or regional culture.