Below the central council were the provincial branches of the party, which held their own Congresses and elected their own councils.

A spokeswoman stressed that the ministry was still employing over 1,300 women at its headquarters and its 27 provincial branches.

The party also has or had provincial branches in each of the four provinces.

He launched provincial branches of Mansouroun guerrilla fighters in seven provinces.

Along with that growth came changing regional requirements that saw provincial branches lobbying for, and receiving, their own charters.

Each provincial branch organises the sport within its geographic area.

It is a provincial branch of the Communist Party of Canada.

He also worked on internal structure, including formalising the ministry's leadership hierarchy and the opening of the provincial and regional branches.

Most of these offices also operated local and provincial branches to supervise local governments.

The company was formerly a state-owned monopoly, but is now divided into largely autonomous provincial branches.