Najran

Najran is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the frontier with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated a New town by the Saudi Government in 1965, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom, its population having risen from 47,500 in (1974) and 90,983 in 1992 to 246,880 in 2004 (census figures}. Saudi Arabia annexed 'Asir, Najran, and Jizan from Yemen in 1934. The population belongs mostly to the ancient tribe of Yam and Yam Al- Arega