Al Shimasiyah

Al Shimasiyah

محافظة الشماسية
Al Shimasiyah محافظة الشماسية
Governorate
	Al Shimasiyah Line view
	Seal
	The location of Al-Shamasiyah Governorate and other governorates in the Al-Qassim region
Country	Saudi Arabia
Region	Al-Qassim Region
Founded by	Al Shammas bin Ghanem
Population (2010)
• Total	10,605
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EAT)

Al-Shamasiyah Governorate is one of the governorates of the Al-Qassim region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it is the eastern front of Al-Qassim. The governorate is famous for its cultivation, especially palm trees, and is considered a tourist destination for residents and visitors to the area in the spring.

Administrative division

The governorate is classified as Category B, and a number of villages and centers are affiliated to it. The governor is Fahd bin Radi Al-Radi. Shammasiya has a population of approximately 15,000.

Shammasiyah Municipality

A village complex for the Shamasiyah governorate was approved in the budget of the fiscal year 1397/1398 AH and began its work on Muharram 1, 1398 AH. With its services, it included the governorate of Oyoun Al-Jawa in the north, the center of Uqlat Al-Suqur in the west, and the center of Drayeh in the south. When the number of municipalities increased, the municipality's services were limited to the governorate of Al-Shamasiyah and its affiliated villages, extending north and south with a length of 100 km (62 mi), starting from the center of Umm Hazm in the south to the center of Nabqiah in the north and extending east and west with a length of 50 km (31 mi), starting from The revolutionaries ran from the east to the orphan in the west.

Affiliated states

Al Rubiyah
Al Nabqiyah
Umm Hazm
Umm Taliha
Al Sarout
Al Barjisyat
Al Rualiyah
Umm Sidrah
Al Rikiah
Al Aweqila
Al Ruwaidat
Al Duwaihra
Al Rikibinia
Al Mustawi

Economy

Shamsiya governorate depends on agriculture, especially palm and wheat. It is considered an oasis filled with palm trees, and its people depend on growing wheat in the rain.

References

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