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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.^[1][2][3]

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'),^[1] 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

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).

• 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