Provinces of Saudi Arabia
| Saudi Arabian Regions المملكة العربية السعودية المناطق (Arabic) | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Number | 13 Regions |
| Populations | 320,524 (Northern Borders) – 6,915,006 (Makkah) |
| Areas | 58,050 km2 (22,412 sq mi) (Al-Qassim) – 672,520 km2 (259,662 sq mi) (Eastern Province) |
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Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 regions (Arabic: مناطق إدارية; manātiq idāriyya, sing. منطقة إدارية; mintaqah idariyya).[1][2][3] 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).
Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
From their organizations in 1932 until 1980, Saudi Arabia was divided into six (initially five) administrative-territorial entities called Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:[4] Asir Province (Southern), El Hasa Province (Eastern), Hejaz Province (Western), Nejd Province (Central), Rub al Khali Province (Southeastern), and Shammar Province (Northern). Around 1980, the Northern Province was created from the Western and Central.[5]
Regions
| Region | Capital | Area (km²) |
Population Census 2010 |
Density | Governorates | ||||||||||||||
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| Najd Region (center) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| North | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Borders | Arar | 111,797 | 320,524 | 2.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jawf | Sakakah | 100,212 | 440,009 | 3.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ha'il | Ha'il | 103,887 | 597,144 | 5.1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| South | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bahah | Al Bahah | 9,921 | 411,888 | 38.1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ http://www.statoids.com/usa.html
- ^ http://www.mofa.gov.sa/sites/mofaen/EServ/VisitingSaudiArabia/aboutKingDom/SaudiGovernment/Pages/AdministrativeDivision46464.aspx
- ^ "The New Addressing". Saudi Post. 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.statoids.com/usa.html
- ^ http://www.statoids.com/usa.html
See also
