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 118 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 (Arabic: إمارات, romanized: Imārāt sg. Arabic: إمارة, romanized: Imārah) or regions/provinces (Arabic: مناطق, romanized: manāṭiq), each governed by a governor or emir (Arabic: أمير, romanized: amīr, lit. 'prince'), known as the Provincial Governor, to differentiate them from the governors of governorates. These are:

Provinces of Saudi Arabia

• 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 118 governorates (Arabic: محافظات, lit. 'muḥafazāt' sg. Arabic: محافظة, lit. 'muḥafazah'), each governed by a Governor (Arabic: محافظ, romanized: muḥāfiz). Of these, 13 are capital governorates (Arabic: أمانات, romanized: amānāt sg. Arabic: أمانة, romanized: amānah) governed by a Mayor (Arabic: أمين, romanized: amīn).

Governorates of Saudi Arabia محافظات المملكة العربية السعودية

Emirate	Governorate	Population (2004)	Total Population
Makkah Province	Jeddah Governorate	2,833,169	5,747,971
	City of Makkah	1,338,341
	Ta'if Governorate	885,474
	Qunfudhah Governorate	240,938
	Laith Governorate	110,449
	Jumum Governorate	75,993
	Rabigh Governorate	68,966
	Khulays Governorate	49,955
	Ranyah Governorate	44,276
	Turbah Governorate	42,810
	Khurmah Governorate	39,053
	Kamil Governorate	18,547
Riyadh Province	City of Riyadh	4,137,280	5,455,363
	Kharj Governorate	323,394
	Duwaidmi Governorate	190,138
	Majma'ah Governorate	111,503
	Quwai'iyah Governorate	106,579
	Wadi ad-Dawasir Governorate	92,631
	'Afif Governorate	68,592
	Zulfi Governorate	62,904
	Dir'iyah Governorate	60,777
	Aflaj Governorate	60,046
	Hawtat Bani Tamim Governorate	39,719
	Muzahmiyah Governorate	35,795
	Sulayyil Governorate	35,011
	Shaqra' Governorate	34,543
	Rumah Governorate	25,312
	Dhurma Governorate	19,688
	Thadij Governorate	15,221
	Hariq Governorate	13,426
	Huraymila Governorate	12,569
	Ghat Governorate	10,235
Eastern Province	Ahsa' Governorate	908,366	3,360,157
	City of Dammam	744,631
	Qatif Governorate	474,573
	Khobar Governorate	455,541
	Hafr al-Batin Governorate	338,636
	Jubail Governorate	224,430
	Khafji Governorate	60,975
	Buqayq Governorate	44,863
	Na'iriyah Governorate	44,664
	Ra's Tanura Governorate	43,338
	Qaryat al-'Ulya Governorate	20,140
Madinah Province	City of Madinah	994,175	1,512,076
	Yanbu' al-Bahr Governorate	250,244
	Badr Governorate	58,352
	'Alula Governorate	57,506
	Mahd Governorate	53,734
	Henakiyah Governorate	52,524
	Khaybar Governorate	45,541
Al Baha Province	City of Baha	93,128	377,739
	Mukhwah Governorate	64,365
	Baljurashi Governorate	61,354
	Qilwah Governorate	55,511
	Mandaq Governorate	45,666
	Qari Governorate	29,109
	'Aqiq Governorate	28,606
Al Jawf Province	City of Sakaka	196,503	361,676
	Qurayyat Governorate	125,090
	Daumat al-Jandal Governorate	40,083
Northern Borders Province	City of 'Ar'ar	166,428	279,286
	Rafha Governorate	72,187
	Turaif Governorate	40,671

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