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Kaymakam
Title for a district governor in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon and the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaymakam, also known by many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been retained and is sometimes used without translation for provincial or subdistrict governors in various Ottoman successor states, including the Republic of Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, and Lebanon.
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