Gdraymah

Coordinates: 19°06′54″N 41°53′15″E / 19.115124°N 41.887393°E

Gdraymah قضريمة
Gdraymah
Valley of Gdraymah (Khat).
Country	Saudi Arabia
Province	Asir
Area
• Total	200 km^2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population 2010
• Total	5,000
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	EAT (UTC+3)

Gdraymah (also as Gdrayma or Jidhreimah^[1], Arabic: قضريمة‎‎) is a town in the sub-governorate of Bariq in the province of Asir, Saudi Arabia. It is located at an elevation of 460 metres (1,510 ft) and has a population amounts to 5,000 (2010).^[2]

Climate

Gdraymah has a dry, tropical climate with an average annual temperature of 86.1 °F (30.1 °C). January typically sees daytime highs of 82 °F (28 °C) and lows of 64 °F (18 °C), while July has average daytime highs of 102 °F (39 °C) and lows of 71 °F (22 °C). The average annual temperature is 68 °F (20 °C).

Villages of Gdraymah

Several villages form Gdraymah town:^[3]

• al-Makhada. It is the capital of Gdraymah Tribe of Bariq.^[4]
• Arkoub.
• Shab Shaqab.
• Ghoraba
• al Menzl
• Mafraq.
• Shab Saguia .
• al Radm.
• al Kharba.
• al Isa.
• al Rabkh.
• el Waseel
• al Raha
• al Uyana.
• al Afos.
• Arranah .
• Shab Siyal.
• al Sai
• kancheela
• Tr'yba.

Influential people of Gdraymah

• Dr. Hamed al-Bariqi.
• Ahmed Ibn Hayazah _Chief^[5][6]

References

1. A Handbook of Arabia: General P416،
2. Bariqi, Aḥmad ibn Marīf. Qabā’il Bāriq al-mu‘āṣirah min al-‘aṣr al-Jāhilī ilá al-‘aṣr al-ḥadīth.
3. al-Bariqi, Mahmood Aal-Shobaily. Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq.
4. ʻAmrawī, Umar Gharāmah (1998). al-Muʻjam al-jughrāfī lil-bilād al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah : bilād Bāriq. Dar Okaz. p. 99. OCLC 51193969.
5. A Collection of First World War Military Handbooks of Arabia, 1913-1917, Great Britain. Admiralty, Vol 4 P416،
6. A Handbook of Arabia: General P416،