Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has many levels of administrative subdivisions:

  • First-level (13 entities): regions[1] or provinces
  • Second-level (118 entities):
    • governorates[2] (Arabic: محافظات‎; muhafazat, sing. muhafazah)
    • Amanah the capital of each region
  • Third-level: marakiz, sing. markaz

Former: Provinces of Saudi Arabia

See also
  • Provinces of Saudi Arabia, the historical four provinces
  • ISO 3166-2:SA, the ISO 3166-2 codes for the regions

References
  1. http://www.statoids.com/usa.html
  2. http://www.statoids.com/ysa.html


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