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Turabah ( ar, تربة, also spelled ''turaba'', ''turba'' or ''tarba'') is a city in
Najd in
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 ...
, located in the valley of the same name. Turubah is located south of the mountain of Hadhn ("Jebel Hadhn"), to the southeast of
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow ...
. It is therefore considered on the border between the topographic regions of
Hejaz and
Najd. The town's traditional inhabitants are the tribe of
Al-Bugum. The population of Turubah was 42,810 in 2004, while now in 2020 about 100,000.
See also
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Shanqal Fort
Shanqal Fort () is a ruined fort near the city of Turubah, Saudi Arabia. The fort is located in the village of Al-Labt, to the east of Turubah valley within the Makkah Region
The Mecca Province ( ar, مِنْطَقَة مَكَّة '), also kno ...
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List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
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Regions of Saudi Arabia
References
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Populated places in Mecca Province