Regions of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Regions المملكة العربية السعودية المناطق (Arabic)
Also known as: Province مقاطعة
Tabuk Bahah —– Jawf Madinah Makkah Jizan — Ha'il Northern Borders Asir Qasim Riyadh Najran Eastern Province
Category	Unitary state
Location	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Number	13 Regions
Populations	320,524 (Northern Borders) – 6,915,006 (Makkah)
Areas	22,412 square miles (58,050 km2) (Al-Qassim) – 259,662 square miles (672,520 km2) (Eastern Province)
Government	Region Government, National Government
Subdivisions	Boroughs

Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 regions (Arabic: مناطق إدارية‎; manātiq idāriyya, sing. منطقة إدارية; mintaqah idariyya). Each region is divided into governorates (Arabic: محافظات‎; muhafazat, sing. محافظة; muhafazah) and the region capital, which has the status of municipality (amanah) headed by mayors (amin). Of these two, there exist 118 entities. The governorates are further subdivided into sub-governorates (marakiz, sing. markaz).

Regions

Region	Capital	Area (km²)	Population Census 2010	Density	Governorates
Najd Region (center)
Ha'il	Ha'il	103,887	597,144	5.1	4
Qassim	Buraidah	58,046	1,215,858	17.5	11
Riyadh	Riyadh	404,240	6,777,146	13.5	20
Hijaz Region (west)
Tabuk	Tabuk	146,072	791,535	4.7	6
Madinah	Medina	151,990	1,777,933	9.9	7
Makkah	Mecca	153,128	6,915,006	37.9	12
Bahah	Al Bahah	9,921	411,888	38.1	7
North
Northern Borders	Arar	111,797	320,524	2.5	3
Jawf	Sakakah	100,212	440,009	3.6	3
South
Jizan	Jizan	11,671	1,365,110	101.6	14
'Asir	Abha	76,693	1,913,392	22.0	12
Najran	Najran	149,511	505,652	2.8	8
East
Eastern Province	Dammam	672,522	4,105,780	5.0	11
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	2,149,690	27,136,977	10.5	118
1) Preliminary results of census of 2004-09-15

See also

• ISO 3166-2:SA