Faqah
فقعة
Country Saudi Arabia
ProvinceAsir
Government
  PrinceFaisal bin Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Elevation
1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
 (1970)
  Total2,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EAT)

Faqah, (Arabic: فقعة) 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]


See also

References

  1. Gazetteer of Arabia: a geographical and tribal history of the Arabian Peninsula Volume 2 p18،
  2. al-Bariqi, Mahmood Aal-Shobaily (2001). Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq (Republished ed.). Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Wataniyah. p. 279. ISBN 9960-39969-9.

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