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Suq al Ajamah
العجمه
Ajama
Country Saudi Arabia
ProvinceAsir
Government
  PrinceFaisal bin Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Elevation
375 m (1,230 ft)
Population
  Total2,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EAT)

Ajama also known as Suq-El-Ajama or Rabu' el-A'jama , Arabic: العجمة) is a village in the sub-governorate of Bariq in the province of Asir, Saudi Arabia. It is located at an elevation of 375 metres (1,230 ft) and has a population of about 1,000 to 2,000 naming comes from Al-Ajmeh - by opening the neglected eye, al-Jim and al-Mim - and al-Ajmeh, as the linguists originally put it, is al-Sakhr al-Salab, which is the well-known limestone..[1] It was the capital of The Humaydah tribe.[2][3] Kinahan Cornwallis Said (1916), suq el-ajamah a large village of about 300 stone houses, former seat of a Turkish markaz and the most important market (held on Wednesday ) of the neighbourhood.[4]

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References

  1. http://www.getamap.net،
  2. A Handbook of Arabia: Volume I. General page 416،
  3. al-Bariqi, Mahmood Aal-Shobaily (2001). Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq. Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Wataniyah. p. 279. ISBN 9960399699.
  4. A Handbook of Arabia: Volume I. General ،
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