Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia

The current system was created by a series of royal orders and amendments in the early 1990s.

[1][2][3] The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 emirates (Arabic: إمارات, romanized: Imārāt sg.

These are: The 13 emirates are further divided into 118 governorates (Arabic: محافظات, lit.

'muḥafazah'), each governed by a Governor (Arabic: محافظ, romanized: muḥāfiz).

Of these, 13 are capital governorates (Arabic: أمانات, romanized: amānāt sg.