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{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}
{{For|the governorate of Lebanon|South Governorate}}
[[Image:BH-05.svg|thumb|right|Map of Bahrain showing Southern Governorate]]
The '''Southern Governorate''' ({{Lang-ar|المحافظة الجنوبية}}; [[Arabic transliteration|transliterated]]: al-Muhafazah [[al-Janobiyah]]) is the largest of the five [[governorate]]s of [[Bahrain]]. It includes parts of Bahrain's old municipalities - [[Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah]], [[Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah]], and [[Hawar Islands|Juzur Hawar]] (the Hawar Islands). It is the least populated of the regions on Bahrain and the least economically productive, per capita.
The Governor of the Southern Governorate is [[Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa]], the son of The Minister of Interior H.E. Lt. Gen. Sh. Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Southern Governorate
|North = [[Central Governorate]]
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Gulf of Bahrain]]''
|Southeast =
|South =
|Southwest = ''[[Gulf of Bahrain]]''
|West =
|Northwest = [[Northern Governorate]]
}}
{{Governorates of Bahrain}}
{{Coord missing|Bahrain}}