Hail [1] ( Arabic: حائل ) is a city in Saudi Arabia . It is the administrative center of the administrative district of the same name . The population is 310,897 people (estimated in 2010) [2] .
| City | |
| Hail | |
|---|---|
| Arab. حائل | |
| A country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Administrative District | Hail |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | 988 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 310 897 people ( 2010 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | + 966-6 |
| hail.gov.sa | |
Hail has its own university [3] .
Content
- 1 Geography and climate
- 2 History
- 3 population
- 4 Economics
- 5 Transport
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Geography and climate
The city is located in the central part of the administrative district (province), in an oasis in the middle of the Nedzh desert, at an altitude of 988 m above sea level [4] . Burayda is located at a distance of 300 km to the south-east, Riyadh - 640 km to the south-east, Medina - 400 km to the south-west [5] .
The climate is very arid; there is no rain at all in summer.
| Climate Hail | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 17 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 37 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 29th |
| Average temperature, ° C | 12 | 13 | 17 | twenty | 26 | 29th | thirty | 31 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 21.7 |
| Average minimum ° C | four | four | 8 | eleven | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 13.7 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 9 | 8 | 6 | eleven | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | eleven | 22 | 3 | 77 |
| Source: http://www.climatetemp.info/saudi-arabia/hail.html | |||||||||||||
History
Hail was the center of the possessions of the Al-Ali dynasty of the Shammar tribe. In 1836, power over the city passed to the Ar-Rashid clan from the same tribe. The first amir from the ar-Rashid dynasty, Abdullah bin Rashid, completed the palace in the city, now one of the local attractions - Barzan [6] (the total area occupied by the palace complex is 300,000 m² ).
Unlike local Sunnis or, especially, Wahhabis , the emirs of Al-Rashida were tolerant of representatives of other faiths, in particular, merchants, among whom there were many Shiites [7] .
By 1891, Hail was the capital of a large state , occupying a significant part of Arabia [5] .
The construction of the railway at the beginning of the 20th century (1908) of the Hijaz railway damaged the economic life of the city through which camel caravan routes passed [5] .
In 1921, the Saudi king Abd al-Aziz captured Hail and overthrew the local dynasty of rulers [5] .
Population
The city's population is growing rapidly: if in 1992 there were 176,757 people, in 2004 - 267,005 people, then in 2010 - 310,897 people [2] .
Economics
The basis of the local economy is oasis farming. Cereals , dates and fruits are grown here. Up to 60% of all Saudi wheat is grown in the Hail area [5] .
Transport
Hail is connected to the major cities of the country, located south, by a modern highway. The city has an airport .
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 521. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 Saudi Arabia: Regions & Major Cities (inaccessible link) . City Population. Date of treatment August 18, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ University of Ha'il (ar.) . Hail University. Date of treatment August 18, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Ha'il, Saudi Arabia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment January 18, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Ha'il . Looklex Encyclopaedia. Date of treatment August 18, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Barzan Reviews . D-Corner. Date of treatment August 18, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Al Rashid . Middle East Explorer. Date of treatment August 18, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.