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Gdraymah
قرية
Gdraymah
Valley of Gdraymah (Khat).
Valley of Gdraymah (Khat).
Country Saudi Arabia
ProvinceAsir
Area
  Total200 km2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation
460 m (1,510 ft)
Population
2010
  Total5,000
  Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EAT)

Gdraymah (also as Gdrayma or Jidhreimah,[1] Arabic: قضريمة) is a town in the sub-governorate of Bariq in the province of Asir, Saudi Arabia. It is located at an elevation of 460 metres (1,510 ft) and has a population amounts to 5,000 (2010).[2]

Climate

Gdraymah has a dry, tropical climate with an average annual temperature of 86.1 °F (30.1 °C). January typically sees daytime highs of 82 °F (28 °C) and lows of 64 °F (18 °C), while July has average daytime highs of 102 °F (39 °C) and lows of 71 °F (22 °C). The average annual temperature is 68 °F (20 °C).

Villages of Gdraymah

Several villages form Gdraymah town:[3]

  • al-Makhada. It is the capital of Gdraymah Tribe of Bariq.[4]
  • Arkoub.
  • Shab Shaqab.
  • Ghoraba
  • al Menzl
  • Mafraq.
  • Shab Saguia .
  • al Radm.
  • al Kharba.
  • al Isa.
  • al Rabkh.
  • el Waseel
  • al Raha
  • al Uyana.
  • al Afos.
  • Arranah .
  • Shab Siyal.
  • al Sai
  • kancheela
  • Tr'yba.

Influential people of Gdraymah

See also

References

  1. A Handbook of Arabia: General P416،
  2. Bariqi, Aḥmad ibn Marīf. Qabā'il Bāriq al-mu'āṣirah min al-'aṣr al-Jāhilī ilá al-'aṣr al-ḥadīth.
  3. al-Bariqi, Mahmood Aal-Shobaily (2001). Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq.
  4. ʻAmrawī, Umar Gharāmah (1998). al-Muʻjam al-jughrāfī lil-bilād al-ʻArabīyah al-Suʻūdīyah : bilād Bāriq. Dar Okaz. p. 99. OCLC 51193969.
  5. A Collection of First World War Military Handbooks of Arabia, 1913-1917, Great Britain. Admiralty, Vol 4 P416،
  6. A Handbook of Arabia: General P416،
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