Markaz ( ar, مركز, tr, merkez), or the equivalent term in
Persian, is a second-level
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
found in the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
. Examples include:
*
Markazes of Egypt, below
Governorates of Egypt
Egypt has a centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive. The country is divided into twenty-seven governorates ( '; ; genitive case: ; plural: '), the top tier of local a ...
* Markaz in Saudi Arabia, below
Governorates of Saudi Arabia
* The
capital city
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...
of a
province of Iran
* A merkez is a
district of Turkey (ilçe) that serves as the capital of a province.
The word ''markaz'' ( ar, مركز), as a term, in Arabic means "center."
Types of administrative division
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