Markaz (administrative division)
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Markaz (country subdivision)
)Markaz (
Arabic: مركز, Turkish: merkez), or the equivalent term in Persian, is a second-level administrative division found in the Middle East
. Examples include:
- Governorates of Egypt
- Markaz in Saudi Arabia, below Governorates of Saudi Arabia
- The capital city of a province of Iran
- A merkez is a district of Turkey (ilçe) that serves as the capital of a province.
The word markaz (
Arabic
: مركز), as a term, in Arabic means "center."