Mintaqa
Administrative division in Saudi Arabia, Chad and several other Arab countries
A mintaqa (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة, romanized: minṭaqa [ˈmintˤaqa]; plural مَنَاطِق manāṭiq [maˈnaːtˤiq]) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as region or district, but the literal meaning is "region", "area", or even simply "place".
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First-level administrative divisions
- Provinces of Chad (top-level)
- Provinces of Saudi Arabia (top-level, above governorates)
Second-level administrative divisions
- Areas of Kuwait (second-level, below governorates)
- Regions of Bahrain (formerly, top-level, replaced by governorates)
- Regions of Oman (formerly, top-level, alongside governorates, now only governorates)
- Districts of Syria (second-level, below governorates); a minṭaqa in Syria was formerly called qaḍāʾ.
- Districts of Israel (top-level)
- Zones of Qatar (second-level, below municipalities)
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