The Madinah Province is a province of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

, located on the country's west side, along the Red Sea

Red Sea

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...

 coast. It has an area of 151,990 km² and a population of 1,512,724 (2004 Census), subdivided into 7 governorates (muḥafaẓat

Muhafazah

A ' is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated to governorate in English, and occasionally to province. It comes from the Arabic root 'h-f-ẓ' which means to 'keep and guard'...

):

Governorate	Population
Al-Madinah	995,619
Al Hunakiyah	52,549
Mahd Al Thahab	53,687
Al 'Ula	57,495
Badr	58,088
Khaybar	45,489
Yanbu Al Bahar	249,797

Its capital is the sacred city of Madinah. Other towns include Yanbu' al Bahr

Yanbu' al Bahr

Yanbu' al Bahr , also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 350 kilometers north of Jeddah . The population is 188,430...

 and Badr Hunayn

Badr (city)

Badr is a town in Al Medina Province, western of Saudi Arabia. It is located at around about from the Islamic holy city of Medina....

.

Governors

• Abdul-Majeed bin Abdul-Aziz (1986-1999)
• Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz (1999-2005)
• Abdul-Aziz bin Majid (2005-)

The governor of the province is Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Majid, a grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz.