Marat (province)

Marat province is located on the northwestern side of the city of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is administratively and educationally affiliated to the Riyadh Region.

Marat محافظة مرات

Location

Marat governorate is located between latitude 40 and 25 degrees north and between longitudes 45 and 45 degrees east on the southern side of Al-Washm area in Al-Yamamah region, at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level, and it is approximately 175 km from the city of Riyadh (Qiddiya Road) and at a distance of It is approximately 167 km from (Dirab Road) km, and it is about 35 km away from the city of Shaqra, and it is on the old Hijaz Road.

Climate

A fertile area with a continental climate, the temperature decreases and the winter becomes cold, and it reaches a high rate of heat in the summer months. Agriculture is considered the most important component of the economic life of the residents of Marat, as they take great care of it.

Monuments

King Abdulaziz Palace

Which King Abdul Aziz ordered to be built in 1350 AH, and which was built on its site by Marat police, and the people still hope to rebuild it on its site because of its status in their hearts.

Mount Kemit

The city is famous for a mountain located to the south of it and it is called Mount ( Kumait ). Kumait includes the kaf, the opening of the meem, the tightening of the ya, and the sedation of the ta’. It is taken from the kamta, which is the brown color between red and black. This mountain is located in the city of Marat and overlooks it from the northern side, and it is an erect mountain that can be seen from a distance.

And in the proverb: (Guarantee me as many times as I am dead) What is meant is if this mountain that you see is a mountain as dead, then I guarantee you many times under it, and exaggeration in closeness and adherence. He is famous among the people of the country and others, and his name is associated with times, so when he mentions Kumait in the poetry of its people and others.

Well-Walidi

It is a well dug by the great companion (( Khalid bin Al-Walid )) during his passage through the times of the apostasy wars, and it exists to the present time.

Ghadir Kumit

Ghadeer Kamit or the famous Al-Jafra, which is the mouth of (Lamsana) from Al-Shuaib. It pours into this hole with muddy ground, forming a small lake surrounded by twigs. The people of Marat benefited from it in the past. A wall was placed on it, and it has a beautiful mud entrance from the side of the village, which has been restored.

This Ghadir or Jufra Kumait is very old and its history is unknown, but it has its importance for the people of Marat in the past to provide drinking water for the town and it may continue in the water throughout the year if the torrents are good without being established. Al-Jufra Al-Kabir, located north of it.

Population and housing census

The general population census in Marat Governorate and its dependencies is about (31,523) people, the number of dwellings is about (3,675) dwellings, the number of commercial activities is about (2,632), and the number of farms and agricultural and animal projects is about (1,867).