Ahad al Masarihah explained

Ahad al Masarihah
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Saudi Arabia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saudi Arabia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Saudi Arabia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jizan Province
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:110710
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Timezone Dst:EAT
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:16.7097°N 42.955°W

Ahad al Masarihah is a governorate in Jizan Province, in south-western Saudi Arabia, bordering Yemen[2]

The governorate of Ahad al Msarihah is one of the governorates of the Jizan region, with villages and hamlets. There's a local market known as the Sunday Market with a carpentry area. It has grassland on the banks of the Khlab Valley in the form of a circular belt along Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser Ring Road.

Archaeological site

A notable archaeological site in the governorate is the city of Al-Khasouf. The historian Al-Hamdani mentioned it in his book The Characteristics of the Arabian Peninsula in four places. He said,

The width of the khasuf is a city of hakam, like the width of [the] sadah and its length from the east is one hundred nineteen degrees.

Population

The population of Ahad al Masarhah was noted as 110,710 on a census taken in 2010.

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Sixteenth Services Guide 2017 - Jazan Region. General Authority of Statistics.
  2. [National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]