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Encyclopedia > Principalities of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

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Politics and government of
Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 Principalities or regions (manatiq, singular – mintaqah). The King of Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabias head of state and monarch. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The House of Saud (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the royal family of Saudi Arabia. ... Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques is a title given to the King of Saudi Arabia. ... Saudi Arabia has no parliament. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) is a Saudi Arabian police force meant to prevent religious crimes. ... The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocratic monarchy without legal protection for freedom of religion, and such protection does not exist in practice. ... Saudi foreign policy objectives are to maintain its security and its paramount position on the Arabian Peninsula, defend general Arab and Islamic interests, promote solidarity among Islamic governments, and maintain cooperative relations with other oil-producing and major oil-consuming countries. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Prince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields adminisitrative authority. ... Region can be used to mean either: any more or less well-defined geographical area of a country or continent, defined by geography, culture or history in political geography, an administrative subdivision of a country or of the European Union. ... Mintaqah is an arabic language term for an administrative unit. ...

  1. Al Bahah
  2. Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah
  3. Al Jawf
  4. Al Madinah
  5. Al Qasim
  6. Ar Riyad
  7. Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern Principality)
  8. 'Asir
  9. Ha'il
  10. Jizan
  11. Makkah
  12. Najran
  13. Tabuk


 

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