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Faqah

Coordinates: 18°54′37.36″N 41°59′57″E / 18.9103778°N 41.99917°E / 18.9103778; 41.99917
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Faqah
فقعة
Map
Country Saudi Arabia
ProvinceAsir
Government
 • PrinceFaisal bin Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Elevation
1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
 (1970)
 • Total
2,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EAT)

Faqah, (Template:Lang-ar) is an old village in the sub-governorate of Bariq in the province of Asir, Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 2,000 (1970). It is connected with the main road by a 10 Kilometer.[1] In the 1970s a large number of the people of Faqah left the village and immigrated in many directions in Bilad al-Musa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gazetteer of Arabia: a geographical and tribal history of the Arabian Peninsula Volume 2 p18،
  2. ^ al-Bariqi, Mahmood Aal-Shobaily ((Republished 2001)). Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq. Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Wataniyah. p. 279. ISBN 9960-39969-9. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

18°54′37.36″N 41°59′57″E / 18.9103778°N 41.99917°E / 18.9103778; 41.99917