Mudiriyah (, plural
Mudiriyat), meaning "directorate" (from مدير
mudir, meaning "director"), is an administrative subdivision also known in English as
mudirate, and often translated as "province". It was used in
Egypt and in
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The term was also used in
Yemen. The mudiriya were subdivided into markaz, or districts. In modern Egypt, these subdivisions were replaced by
governorates (
muhafazat).