Provinces of Saudi Arabia

Emirates of the Provinces of Saudi Arabia
إمارات مناطق المملكة العربية السعودية
Emirates of the Provinces of Saudi Arabia; إمارات مناطق المملكة العربية السعودية
	Tabuk Bahah —– Jawf Madinah Makkah Jizan — Ha'il Northern; Borders Asir Qasim Riyadh Najran Eastern Province
Category	States within a unitary state
Location	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Number	13
Populations	320,524 (Northern Borders) – 6,915,006 (Makkah)
Areas	9,920 km2 (3,831 sq mi) (Al-Bahah) – 672,520 km2 (259,662 sq mi) (Eastern Province)
Government	State Government, National Government;
Subdivisions	Governorates;

The Provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as Regions, and officially the Emirates of the Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: إمارات مناطق المملكة العربية السعودية, romanized: Imārātu Manāṭiq al-Mamlakat il-'Arabiyyat il-Sa'udiyyah), are the 13 first-level administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History[]

After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into seven administrative-territorial entities: the 'Asir Province, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province, the , the and the .^[1]

King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued Royal Order A/92 on March 2, 1992, known as the Regions' System, which provided for the division of the kingdom into 13 emirates. Subsequently, the five previous provinces were divided into thirteen geographic regions, called provinces (manātiq) and administrative regions, called the emirates of the provinces (imārāt al-manātiq). The emirates form the first-level administrative division of the Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are further divided into 136 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt), which are the second-level division,^[3] which are further subdivided into 1,347 municipal-level units (marakiz), and further subdivided into villages (qura) and neighborhoods (ahya).

Government[]

Each emirate is governed by an Emir (Provincial Governor), who is assisted by the deputy emir, called nā'ib. The persons holding these positions are appointed by the King of Saudi Arabia. The emir is given the rank of minister, while the deputy emir is given the rank of excellence.^[3]

List of the Emirates of the Provinces of Saudi Arabia[]

Emirates of the Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Historic Region	Regions	Capital	Governorates	Marakiz	Population (2017 Census)	Approximate area (km²)
Hejaz	Mecca Region	Makkah	16	111	8,557,766	153,128
Najd	Riyadh Region	Riyadh	21	453	8,216,284	404,240
Eastern Arabia	Eastern Region	Dammam	11	107	4,900,325	672,522
Southern Arabia	'Asir Region	Abha	16	101	2,211,875	76,693
Southern Arabia	Jizan Region	Jazan	16	31	1,567,547	11,671
Hejaz	Medina Region	Madinah	8	90	1,423,935	151,990
Najd	Al-Qassim Region	Buraidah	12	153	1,423,935	58,046
Hejaz	Tabuk Region	Tabuk	6	73	910,030	146,072
Najd	Ha'il Region	Ha'il	8	84	699,774	103,887
Southern Arabia	Najran Region	Najran	7	59	582,243	149,511
Badiah	Al-Jawf Region	Sakaka	3	33	508,475	100,212
Hejaz	Al-Bahah Region	Al-Baha	9	35	476,172	9,921
Badiah	Northern Borders Region	Arar	3	17	365,231	111,797
Total			136	1,347	31,843,592	2,149,690

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Saudi Arabia Regions". www.statoids.com.
^ "The New Addressing". Saudi Post. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Organization of the Emirate of Makkah Province". Ministry of Interior.

External links[]

[statoids.com-1] "Saudi Arabia Regions". www.statoids.com.

[2] "The New Addressing". Saudi Post. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[:0-3] "Organization of the Emirate of Makkah Province". Ministry of Interior.

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