Classification

The three main goals of the classification
1. to establish a functional basis for planning and management at the regional level,

2. to ensure regional equality in terms of the regional living conditions of the people and

3. to improve the efficiency of government agencies by concentrating on existing regional branches in the various areas and by creating new regional offices where these are needed.

In determining the regional centers, three things were taken into account:

1. the degree of urbanization.

2. the economic and servicing capacities and links to the national capital and to the other regions of the country and

3.strategic and convenient location along land and water transportation routes.

Base on this criteria, the following regions were established by the Reorganization Plan after it became a law through Presidential decree no. 742.