Asir

Asir عَسِيْرٌ
Province
Asir Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَةُ عَسِيْرٌ, romanized: Minṭaqat ʿAsīr)
Rijal Almaa Heritage Village Art Street, Abha Jabal Soudah, Al-Soudah Al-Maqar Palace, Al-Namas Al-Hawzah Heritage Village, Dhahran Al-Janub
Seal Wordmark
Map of Saudi Arabia with Asir highlighted
Coordinates: 19°0′N 43°0′E / 19.000°N 43.000°E / 19.000; 43.000
Country	Saudi Arabia
Region	South Arabia
Capital	Abha
Boroughs	13
Government
• Governor	Turki bin Talal
Area
• Total	76,693 km2 (29,611 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	2,024,285
ISO 3166-2	14
Website	ars.gov.sa discoveraseer.com/en

Asir,^[a][b] officially the Aseer Province,^[c] is a province of Saudi Arabia in southern Arabia. It has an area of 76,693 square kilometres (29,611 sq mi), and an estimated population of 2,024,285 (in 2022).^[1] Asir is bounded by the Mecca Province to the north and west, al-Bahah Province to the northwest, Riyadh Province to the northeast, Najran Province to the southeast, Jazan Province and the Saada Governorate of Yemen to the south.

Abha is the provincial capital, and other towns include Khamis Mushait, Bisha and Bareq. The province governor is Turki bin Talal, He replaced his cousin, Faisal bin Khalid, after being appointed on 27 December 2018.^[2]

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