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Asir

Region and province in southwest Saudi Arabia; area 103,850 sq km/40,086 sq mi. Asir extends from the southern border of Hejaz to the northern border of Yemen, and includes the Asir mountain range (highest peak being Jebel Sawdah, 3,133 m/10,280 ft), which runs parallel to the coast of the Red Sea, and the Farsan Islands. The maritime lowland has many fertile areas which are used for agriculture. The chief towns are Abha and Jizan.

Asir was incorporated into Saudi Arabia under the Treaty of Taif (1934).
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Aa Due to the lack of tourists the industry mainly targets Saudis and other Gulf Arabs, the only ones who do not need a visa and like to escape the desert heat in the Asir mountains.
Saudi tourism has potential but faces obstacles by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
Tapping the pilgrims Due to the lack of tourists the industry mainly targets Saudis and other Gulf Arabs, the only ones who do not need a visa and like to escape the desert heat in the Asir mountains.
Saudi tourism has potential but faces obstacles by Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
Hayat Al-Ghamdi | Arab News <p>JEDDAH: The Asir police has denied claims by the independent Akhbar Al-Youm Yemeni newspaper that 19 Yemeni nationals were killed or injured when Saudi police shot them.
No Yemeni dead or hurt in Asir: Police by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
 
 
 
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