Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 emirates (manatiq idāriyya, singular – mintaqah idariyya, ). Each emirate is divided into governorates (Arabic: muhafazat, محافظات, singular muhafazah), 118 in total. This number contains the emirate capitals, which have a different status as municipalities (amanah) headed by mayors (amin). The governorates are further sudivided into sub-governorates (marakiz, sing. markaz).
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| Emirate |
Arabian |
Capital |
Area
km² |
Population
Census
2004 1) |
Density |
Governorates |
| Najd Region (center) |
| Ḥā'il |
حائل |
Ha'il |
103,887 |
527,033 |
5.1 |
4 |
| Al Qaṣīm |
القصيم |
Buraidah |
58,046 |
1,016,756 |
17.5 |
11 |
| Ar Riyāḍ |
الرياض |
Riyadh |
404,240 |
5,455,363 |
13.5 |
20 |
| Hijaz Region (west) |
| Tabūk |
تبوك |
Tabuk |
146,072 |
691,517 |
4.7 |
6 |
| Al Madīnah |
المدينة |
Medina |
151,990 |
1,512,076 |
9.9 |
7 |
| Makkah |
مكة |
Mecca |
153,128 |
5,797,971 |
37.9 |
12 |
| Al Bāhah |
الباحة |
Al Bahah |
9,921 |
377,739 |
38.1 |
7 |
| north |
| Al Ḥudūd ash Shamāliyah |
الحدود الشمالية |
Ar'ar |
111,797 |
279,286 |
2.5 |
3 |
| Al Jawf |
الجوف |
Skaka (Sakaka) |
100,212 |
361,676 |
3.6 |
3 |
| south |
| Jīzan |
جيزان |
Jizan |
11,671 |
1,186,139 |
101.6 |
14 |
| `Asīr |
عسير |
Abha |
76,693 |
1,688,368 |
22.0 |
12 |
| Najrān |
نجران |
Najran |
149,511 |
419,457 |
2.8 |
8 |
| east |
| Ash Sharqīyah |
الشرقية |
Dammam |
672,522 |
3,360,157 |
5.0 |
11 |
| Saudi Arabia |
المملكة العربية السعودية |
Riyadh |
2,149,690 |
22,673,538 |
10.5 |
118 |
| 1) Preliminary results of census of 2004-09-15 |
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