Makkah

The Makkah Province or Mecca Province  is the most populous province of Saudi Arabia. It is located in western Saudi Arabia and has an extended coastline. It has an area of 153,128 km² and a population of 6,915,006 (2010 census). Its capital is the sacred city of Mecca (also transliterated as Makkah) and its largest city is Jeddah, which is also Saudi Arabia's main port city.

Governors

Governors of the Makkah province since the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are as follows:^[1]

• Khalid bin Mansour bin Lowaay, (1924)
• Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Faisal Al Saud, (1924-1925)
• Faisal, (1925-1963)
• Abdullah bin Saud, (1960)
• Abdullah Al Faisal (in capacity as Interior Minister and deputy of vice king), (1963-1968)
• Mutaib bin Abdulaziz, (1968)
• Mishaal bin Abdulaziz (1963-1971)
• Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz (1971-1980)
• Majid bin Abdulaziz (1980-1999)
• Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz (1999-2007)
• Khalid Al Faisal (2007–2013)
• Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud (2013-present)

Governorates

The province is divided into 12 governorates (with 2010 Census populations):

• Al Jmumum (92,222)
• Al Kamil (21,419)
• Al Khurmah (42,223)
• Al-Lith (128,529)
• Al Qunfidhah (272,424)
• Ta'if (987,914)
• Jeddah (3,456,914)
• Khulays (56,687)
• Makkah Al Mukarramah (1,675,368)
• Rabigh (92,072)
• Ranyah (45,942)
• Turubah (43,947)
• adham(50,000)

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