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
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