Mintaqah (Arabic: منطقة‎; plural manatiq Arabic: مناطق‎) is a term for a country subdivision used in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Country subdivision refers to the division of a Country 's territory for the sake of its administration, description or other such purpose The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi It is often translated as region or, in Saudi Arabia, as province. The article is about the geographic sense of the term For other uses including Regions and Regional, see Region (disambiguation. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. The literal meaning is simply "area. "

See also

• Regions of Oman
• Provinces of Saudi Arabia
• Districts of Syria
• Wilayah

|||} Oman is divided into five Regions ( Mintaqah) and four Governorates ( Muhafazah) Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 emirates ( manatiq idāriyya, singular – Mintaqah idariyya,) The 14 Governorates or muhafazat (sing Muhafazah) of Syria are divided into sixty Districts or manatiq (sing A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually

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