Saudipedia - moreArticles

Baljurashi Governorate is one of the governorates of al-Bahah Province southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is administratively classified as a Category A governorate, and is the second city in the province by population. History of Baljurashi Governorate The name Baljurashi derives from the Baljurashi tribe that inhabits the governorate, one of Ghamid tribes. Baljurashi is an important governorate in al-Bahah Province, as it was formerly the headquarters for government departments in t...

Al-Mandaq Governorate is one of the governorates of al-Baha Province in the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is situated on the heights of the Sarawat Mountains overlooking Tihama. It encompasses eighty-two villages and is inhabited by approximately 20,010 people. Location of al-Mandaq Governorate Al-Mandaq Governorate is located forty km away from the city of al-Baha, settled to its northwest, spanning an area of five hundred km². It stands at an elevation of approximately...

Al-Makhwah Governorate is a governorate in al-Bahah Province, southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is located forty-five km to the west of the headquarters of the Emirate of Al-Bahah and is connected to it via the King Fahd Road also known as Aqabat al-Baha. It extends along the Sarawat Mountains in the east, and according to the 2022 Saudi Census, al-Makhwah has about 48,333 inhabitants. Location and centers of al-Makhwah Al-Makhwah Governorate, which is administratively classified as ...

Al-Qara Governorate is one of the governorates of al-Bahah Province, southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the fourth smallest governorate in terms of population, with only 5.8 percent of al-Bahah Province's population, estimated at 19,586 persons according to the 2022 Saudi Census, residing there. Location of al-Qara Governorate Al-Qara Governorate is located around thirty-one km north of the city of al-Bahah, the seat of the emirate. It is bordered by Makkah al-Mukarramah Provi...

Ghamid al-Zinad Governorate is a governorate in al-Bahah Province in the southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has the lowest population in the province after Hajrah Governorate, with only 3.7 percent of the province's population residing in the former, estimated at 12,506 according to the 2022 Saudi Census. Located south of al-Bahah Province, one hundred km south of al-Baha, the seat of the emirate of the province, Ghamid al-Zinad is bordered from the north and west by al-Makhwah G...

Arar is one of the governorates of the Northern Borders Province in the Kingdom of Saudi ‎Arabia. It is the seat of the emirate and the second-largest ‎governorate in terms of area. It has the largest population in the province, as it is home to 202,719 people, which makes up 54.3 percent of the province's population, as shown in the 2022 census. Location of Arar Governorate Arar Governorate is located in the far north of the Kingdom. It is bordered to the north ‎by the Iraqi borders...

Rafha Governorate is a Category (A) governorate in the Northern Borders Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, comprising seventeen administrative centers. It is the largest governorate in the province in terms of area and the second in terms of population. Rafha Governorate, in the far north of the Kingdom, is located 290 km from the city of Arar, the seat of the Emirate of the Northern Borders Province, where 25 percent of the province’s population resides. History of Rafha Governorate Hi...

Al-Qurayyat Governorate is a Category (A) governorate in al-Jouf Province in the northern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, strategically located on the international road between the Kingdom and Jordan. It comprises seven administrative centers; three Category (A) and four Category (B). It includes al-Hadithah land port, which is located 38.7 km away from al-Qurayyat Governorate, the largest land border port in the Middle East. Al-Qurayyat Governorate is a hub for regional growth center; it...

Dumat al-Jandal is a governorate in al-Jawf Province, north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is only 40 Km from Sakaka City, which is ‎the ‏seat of ‎the ‏principality‏. It is the province's least populated governorate, with only 9.1 percent of al-Jawf's population living in it, estimated at 54,341 people.‎ History of Doumat al-Jandal Governorate Due to its geographical location in the north of the Arabian Peninsula among the ancient ‎civilizations of the East, Dumat-al...

Tabarjal Governorate is one of the Category (B) governorates of al-Jawf Province, in the north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is located on the Saudi-Jordanian border, specifically 228 km to the east of the emirate’s headquarters in the city of Sakaka. It is bordered by al-Qurayyat Governorate to the north, Tabuk Province to the west and southwest, Dawmat al-Jandal Governorate to the southeast, and Sakaka Governorate to the east. Tabarjal Governorate population Tabarjal is the second smal...

Samtah Governorate is one governorate of the Jazan Province in the southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is one of the southern gateways to the Kingdom. The governorate encompasses around forty-seven villages, with a population of approximately 155 thousand people equivalent to 11% of the population of the Jazan Province. Borders of Samtah Governorate: Samtah is a coastal governorate, as it is bordered to the west by the Red Sea, to the north by Ahad al-Masarha Governorate, to the northw...

Baish Governorate is one of the governorates in the Jazan Province, southwestern Saudi Arabia. It was formerly called Umm al-Khashab Village due to the abundance of trees from which wood is extracted. Its population is 86,996, according to the official statistics of the Saudi Census 2022. Baish Governorate location Baish Governorate is located northwest of the Jazan Province along the Red Sea coast. It is situated sixty-eight km north of Jazan, the capital of the Emirate of Jazan. It is bordere...