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 (). +Governorates of Saudi ArabiaEmirateGovernoratePopulation (2004)Total PopulationMakkah ProvinceJeddah Governorate2,833,1695,747,971City of Makkah1,338,341Ta'if Governorate885,474Qunfudhah Governorate240,938Laith Governorate110,449Jumum Governorate75,993Rabigh Governorate68,966Khulays Governorate49,955Ranyah Governorate44,276Turbah Governorate42,810Khurmah Governorate39,053Kamil Governorate18,547Riyadh ProvinceCity of Riyadh4,137,2805,455,363Kharj Governorate323,394Duwaidmi Governorate190,138Majma'ah Governorate111,503Quwai'iyah Governorate106,579Wadi ad-Dawasir Governorate92,631'Afif Governorate68,592Zulfi Governorate62,904Dir'iyah Governorate60,777Aflaj Governorate60,046Hawtat Bani Tamim Governorate39,719Muzahmiyah Governorate35,795Sulayyil Governorate35,011Shaqra' Governorate34,543Rumah Governorate25,312Dhurma Governorate19,688Thadij Governorate15,221Hariq Governorate13,426Huraymila Governorate12,569Ghat Governorate10,235Eastern ProvinceAhsa' Governorate908,3663,360,157City of Dammam744,631Qatif Governorate474,573Khobar Governorate455,541Hafr al-Batin Governorate338,636Jubail Governorate224,430Khafji Governorate60,975Buqayq Governorate44,863Na'iriyah Governorate44,664Ra's Tanura Governorate43,338Qaryat al-'Ulya Governorate20,140Madinah ProvinceCity of Madinah994,1751,512,076Yanbu' al-Bahr Governorate250,244Badr Governorate58,352'Alula Governorate57,506Mahd Governorate53,734Henakiyah Governorate52,524Khaybar Governorate45,541Al Baha ProvinceCity of Baha93,128377,739Mukhwah Governorate64,365Baljurashi Governorate61,354Qilwah Governorate55,511Mandaq Governorate45,666Qari Governorate29,109'Aqiq Governorate28,606Al Jawf ProvinceCity of Sakaka196,503361,676Qurayyat Governorate125,090Daumat al-Jandal Governorate40,083Northern Borders ProvinceCity of 'Ar'ar166,428279,286Rafha Governorate72,187Turaif Governorate40,671
See also
Provinces of Saudi Arabia, the historical four provinces List of governorates of Saudi Arabia ISO 3166-2:SA, the ISO 3166-2 codes for the regions
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