Najrān

Najrān

      town, oasis, and minṭaqah (province), southern ʿAsīr region, southwestern Saudi Arabia, in the desert along the Yemen frontier. It is bounded by the provinces of Al-Riyāḍ (north), Al-Sharqīyah (east), and ʿAsīr (west). The province is composed of the ʿAsīr plateau (west), Najrān plateau (centre), and the Rubʿ al-Khali (“Empty Quarter”) desert (east). First visited by the Romans in 24 BC, it was the seat of an important Christian colony in 500–635. Najrān was one of the main centres producing frankincense and myrrh to supply the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East between 1000 BC and AD 600. In the mid-20th century it was the subject of controversy between Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Sanaa). By the Treaty of Al-Ṭāʾif in 1934, it was given to Saudi Arabia, but the boundary was disputed for decades by Yemen (Sanaa) and later by the united Yemen state until the two countries finalized demarcation of the border. An extremely fertile agricultural area, the oasis produces dates and grains and is used for stock raising. The town of Najrān is the southern terminus of highways from Mecca and Riyadh. Pop. (2004 prelim.) town, 246,880; province, 419,457.

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