| Jizan جيزان |
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| Coordinates: 16°53′21″N 42°33′40″E / 16.88917°N 42.56111°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Emirate | Jizan Province |
| Population (2004) | |
| - Total | 100,694 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC+3) |
Jizan (also called Jazan, Gizan or Gazan) (Arabic: جيزان) is the new name of the capital of the Jizan Province in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. Jazan city is situated on the Red Sea coast and serves a large agricultural hinterland. It has a population of 100,694 (2004 census). In the north there are Farasan Islands. It is famous for its high-quality production of tropical fruits like mango, figs, and papaya.
The Southernmost subdistrict of the Jizan is Samtah, well - known for its famous Hospital, The Samtah General Hospital, which was the pioneer hospital during the Persian Gulf Wars of the early 1990's.
Ethnography
The inhabitants of Jazan, are made up of Arabs and Africans, particularly the Somalis but also the Eritreans. Islam is the religion of almost the totality of the inhabitants of the city and the province. (S.I. Bruk, Narody Peredney Azii (1960); S.I. Bruk, and V. S. Apenchenko, Atlas Narodov Mira (Moscow: Academy of Science, 1964)
For centuries, and like the fellow Yemenite highlanders across the Yemeni borders, a majority of the inhabitants of the city and the district have been Zaidi and Ismaili Shias, with a very large Sunnis of Shafii and Maliki rites. (A. Gabriel, Religionsgeographie von Persien (Vienna, 1971).
Vast majority of the city inhabitants are Arabic-speaking, with the speakers of the Yemeni dialect of Arabic outnumbering those of the Hijazi dialect. The immigrants from central Arabia speak the Najdi dialect (the standard for Saudi Arabia)
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Coordinates: 16°53′21″N 42°33′40″E / 16.88917°N 42.56111°E
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