Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia

The Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia, officially the Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, consist of 13 provinces which are further divided into 136 governorates. The current system was created by a series of royal orders and amendments in the early 1990s.

Provinces

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 emirates ( ) or regions/provinces (), each governed by a governor or emir (), known as the Provincial Governor, to differentiate them from the governors of governorates. These are:

• the Emirate of the Riyadh Province
• the Emirate of the Makkah Province
• the Emirate of the Eastern Province
• the Emirate of the Madinah Province
• the Emirate of the Al Baha Province
• the Emirate of the Al Jawf Province
• the Emirate of the Northern Borders Province
• the Emirate of the Qassim Province
• the Emirate of the Ha'il Province
• the Emirate of the Tabuk Province
• the Emirate of the 'Aseer Province
• the Emirate of the Jizan Province
• the Emirate of the Najran Province

Governorates

The 13 emirates are further divided into 136 governorates ( ), each governed by a Governor (). Of these, 13 are capital governorates ( ) governed by a Mayor ().

See also

• Provinces of Saudi Arabia, the historical four provinces
• List of governorates of Saudi Arabia
• , the ISO 3166-2 codes for the regions

References