Tathlith is a Saudi Arabian

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

located within

'Asir Province 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 ...

. , it had a population of 53,224 people, compared to 48,000 in 2004. In 2018, Asir region governor Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz introduced a $373 million project to conduct water to Tathlith and Bisha governorates from

Rub' al Khali The Rub' al KhaliOther standardized transliterations include: / . The ' is the assimilated Arabic definite article, ', which can also be transliterated as '. (; ar, ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (), the "Empty Quarter") is the sand de ...

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Governorates of Saudi Arabia {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub