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Asir

Asir, officially the Aseer Province, is a province of in southern Arabia. It has an area of 76,693 square kilometres, and an estimated population of 2,024,285. is its seat and second-largest city, after .
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is a city in . The capital of Asir province, its high altitude makes it a popular summer getaway for Saudis.

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, is a city in southwestern . It is the capital of . Today, the city of is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Jazan also spelled is a port city and the capital of Province in the southwest of . Jazan City is situated on the coast of the Red Sea.

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or Khamis Mushait is a city in south-west , located east of , the provincial seat of the Asir Province 884 kilometres from the national capital of .

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The are islands in the Red Sea in Asir, the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia. They lie 50 km offshore from the city of .

Asir

Latitude of center
19.1667° or 19° 10′ north
Longitude of center
43.1667° or 43° 10′ east
Population
2,190,000
Elevation
1,624 metres (5,328 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236720592
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
108179
Wiki­data ID
Q779855
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Asir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إمارة عسير”
  • Arabic: “إمارة منطقة عسير”
  • Arabic: “اماره منطقه عسير”
  • Arabic: “عسير (السعودية)”
  • Arabic: “عسير (منطقة)”
  • Arabic: “عسير”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة عسير”
  • Arabic: “منطقة عسير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əsir bölgəsi”
  • Balinese: “‘Asir”
  • Balinese: “’Asir”
  • Belarusian: “Асір”
  • Belarusian: “Асыр”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Асір”
  • Bengali: “আসির প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “আসির”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Asir”
  • Catalan: “Província de l’Asir”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Asir”
  • Catalan: “Regió de l’Asir”
  • Cebuano: “Minţaqat ‘Asīr”
  • Chinese: “ʿAsīr Tōa-khu”
  • Chinese: “阿西尔”
  • Chinese: “阿西尔省”
  • Chinese: “阿西爾省”
  • Croatian: “Asir (pokrajina)”
  • Croatian: “Asir”
  • Czech: “‘Asir”
  • Czech: “‘Asír”
  • Czech: “Asir”
  • Czech: “Asír”
  • Danish: “Asir Region”
  • Dutch: “Asir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منطقه عسير”
  • Esperanto: “Emirlando Asiro”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Asiro”
  • Estonian: “‘Asīr”
  • Estonian: “‘Asīri provints”
  • Estonian: “Asir”
  • Estonian: “Asiri provints”
  • Finnish: “Asir”
  • French: “‘Asir”
  • French: “Asir”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Asir”
  • Georgian: “ასირი”
  • German: “Asir”
  • German: “Provinz Asir”
  • German: “ʿAsīr”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Ασίρ”
  • Gujarati: “આસિર પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור עסיר”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז עסיר”
  • Hindi: “असीर प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “असीर प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Aszír tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “‘Asir”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi ‘asir”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi ‘Asir”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi ’Asir”
  • Italian: “‘Asir”
  • Italian: “Asir”
  • Italian: “Provincia di ’Asir”
  • Japanese: “アスィール州”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸಿರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “아시르주”
  • Latvian: “Asīras mintaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Asiras”
  • Lithuanian: “Asiro emyratas”
  • Malay: “‘Asir”
  • Malay: “’Asir”
  • Malay: “Asir”
  • Malayalam: “അസീർ പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Marathi: “असर प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “ʿAsīr Séng”
  • Nepali: “असिर प्रान्त”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asir”
  • Norwegian: “Asir”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸੀਰ ਰਿਆਸਤ”
  • Persian: “استان عسیر”
  • Polish: “‘Asir”
  • Polish: “Asir”
  • Portuguese: “‘Asir”
  • Portuguese: “Asir”
  • Portuguese: “Assir”
  • Romanian: “Provincia ‘Asir”
  • Romanian: “Provincia ’Asir”
  • Russian: “Административный округ Асир”
  • Russian: “Асир”
  • Scots: “‘Asir Province”
  • Scots: “’Asir Province”
  • Serbian: “Асир”
  • Sindhi: “عسير صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “අසීර් කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Asir”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Asir”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عسیر اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Asir”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi `Asir”
  • Swedish: “‘Asir”
  • Swedish: “Asir”
  • Tamil: “ஆசீர் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “యాసిర్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอาเซอร์”
  • Turkish: “Asir Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Asir”
  • Uighur: “ئاسىر ئۆلكىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Асір”
  • Urdu: “‘Asir”
  • Urdu: “عسير علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “عسير”
  • Uzbek: “Asir viloyati”
  • Venetian: “‘Azir”
  • Vietnamese: “’Asir”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Asir”
  • Volapük: “Lasiriän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “‘Asir”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Asir”
  • Western Panjabi: “عسیر”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿西尔省”
  • “Asir”

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