Arwa (mountain)
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Arwa or Jabal Arwa ( ar, جبل عروى) is a mountain in
Asir Region The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is ...
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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. It stands isolated from neighboring mountain ranges, surrounded by sands, just north of the Mureibekh plain. A few water wells known as ''Arwa wells'' ( ar, آبار عروى) are located 2 km to the south east of the mountain. The mountain was known in ancient times and was frequently mentioned in Arabic poetry of the region.


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