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Asir, officially the Aseer Province, is a Provinces of Saudi Arabia, province of Saudi Arabia in South Arabia, southern Arabia. It has an area of , and an estimated population of 2,024,285 (in 2022). Abha is its capital and second-largest city, after Khamis Mushait. Asir is bounded by the Mecca Province to the north and west, al-Bahah Province to the northwest, Riyadh Province to the northeast, Najran Province to the southeast, Jazan Province and the Saada Governorate of Yemen to the south. Etymology The origin of the name "Asir" remains a subject of debate among historians. One theory, proposed by Al-Masudi in his work ''The Meadows of Gold'', suggests that the region was originally known as the ''Land of Azd''. Another popular hypothesis suggests that the name "Asir" derives from the Arabic term ''ʿUsrah'' (). This theory comes from the fact that the region's terrain is rugged, which can be challenging to navigate. A third perspective proposed by Fuad Hamza in his book ''F ...
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Provinces Of Saudi Arabia
The provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as regions (), are the 13 first-level administrative divisions of the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. History After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into four provinces: the 'Asir Province, Al-Hasa Province, Ottoman Empire, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province, Ottoman Empire, Hejaz Province and the Najd, Najd Province. King of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued Royal Order A/92 on March 2, 1992, known as Law of the Provinces, which provided for the division of the kingdom into 13 provinces. Subsequently, the five previous provinces were divided into thirteen regions, called provinces (''manātiq''), each governed by administrative bodies called the emirates of the provinces (''imārāt al-manātiq''). The provinces form the first-level administrative division of the Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia, Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are further divided into 136 List of govern ...
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