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Najran
Sign in to saveNajran ( ''''; ), 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 governorate of Najran being 592,300. Today, the population is primarily Ismaili with a Sunni minority.
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- Najran
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- City
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- قلعة رعوم.jpg
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- Raum Castle
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- 250px
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- Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Arabia
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- Country
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- 25px Saudi Arabia
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- Province
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- Najran Province
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- Region
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- South Arabia
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- Mayor
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- Faris al-Shafaq
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- Provincial Governor
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- Jiluwi bin Abdulaziz
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- نجران
- Population
- 72038
- Elevation
- 1293
- Official website
- www.najran.gov.sa
- Image
- Najran Fort, Saudi Arabia.jpg
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- Commons category
- Najran
- postal code
- (61441)
- inception
- 2000-00-00
- native label
- نجران
- P12749
- Gifu
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22 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- History
- Early history
- Christian period
- Muhammad and early caliphs
- Historical gap from the 7th to 17th centuries
- Ismaili Shia rule
- Incorporation into Saudi Arabia
- Persecution of the Ismaili community
- Architecture
- Archaeology
- Climate
- Colleges and universities
- Hospitals and medical care
- Sports
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- Further reading
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Najran ( ''; ), 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 governorate 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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