| ʿAsir (Arabic: عَسِيْر, romanized: ʿAsīr, lit. 'difficult') is a Minṭaqah (Arabic: مِنْطَقَةُ, romanized: Province) in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, which is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of 76,693 square kilometres (29,611 sq mi), and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (in 2017). 'Asir is surrounded by Mecca Province to the north and west, Al-Bahah Province to the northwest, Riyadh Province to the northeast, Najran Province to the southeast, and Jazan Province and the Yemeni Muhafazah (Governorate of Sa'dah to the south.
Abha is the provincial capital, and other towns include Khamis Mushait, Bisha and Bareq. The regional governor is Turki ibn Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He replaced his cousin, Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, after being appointed on the 27th of December 2018. |
