Ahad al Masarihah | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ahad al Masarihah Location in Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 16°42′35″N 42°57′18″E / 16.70972°N 42.95500°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Jizan Province |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 110,710 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Ahad al Masarihah is a governorate in Jizan Province, in south-western Saudi Arabia.[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 created 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 is 110,710, according to 2010 statistics.
See also
References
- ↑ "The Sixteenth Services Guide 2017 - Jazan Region" (PDF). General Authority of Statistics.
- ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine) Accessed 13 May 2011.
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