Markaz (, ), or the equivalent term in
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
, is a second-level
administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
found in
Asia
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and
Africa
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. Examples include:
*
Markazes of Egypt
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, below
Governorates of Egypt
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* Markaz in Saudi Arabia, below
Governorates of Saudi Arabia
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* The
capital city
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of a
province of Iran
* A merkez is a
district of Turkey (ilçe) that serves as the capital of a province.
The word ''markaz'' (), as a term, in Arabic means "center."
Types of administrative division
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