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Najrān
Najran Region, Saudi Arabia · Asia
About Najrān
Najrān sits on the route: 1 hours from Kitāf.
Najrān is in Najran Region, Saudi Arabia, with about 510,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kitāf, about 51 km away.
Najran (Arabic: نجران Najrān; IPA: [nad͡ʒ.raːn]), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Najran Province. Today, the city of Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As of the 2022 census, the city population was 381,431, with the population of the governorateRead more
of Najran being 592,300. Today, the population is primarily Ismaili with a Sunni minority.
The ancient city of Najran is now largely in ruins, the archaeological site Al-Okhdood, located south-east of the present-day city. In ancient times, this Najran was a major urban, agricultural, industrial (cloth, leather), and trade (incense) center, located in the midst of a fertile wadi (valley), called the Wadi Najran. Najran was also located at the intersection of two main caravan routes: one running from Hadhramaut, to the Hejaz, to the Eastern Mediterranean, and another running from the northeast through Al-Yamama and into Mesopotamia. Its pre-Islamic history is notable for its Christian community, including its central role in South Arabian Christianity and the massacre of this community by the king Dhu Nuwas.
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Najrān is in Najran Region, Saudi Arabia, about 51 km from Kitāf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 505,652
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Najran Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Riyadh
- Coordinates
- 17.4933, 44.1277
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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