Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia الرس | |
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| Province | Al Qassim Province |
| Govrenment | |
| • Tory | Al Assaf |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 133,000 |
| • Density | 4200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT , Moscow Time Zone .) |
Rass (an aw spelledAr Rass,AlRass, orAl-Ras;Arabic:الرس) is aSaudi Arabie ceety, locatit in theAl-Qasim Province. It lees soothwast oBuraydah, the caipital o the province an an aw north oRiyadh, the naitional caipital.
It is the third lairgest ceety in Al Qassim Province bi population, wi an estimatit population o 133,000 (2010 census). It haes an aurie o aboot 60 km².Rass means "an auld well" inArabic, an it wis mentioned in a poem oHassan Bin Thabit, the poet who wis a companion (Sahaba) o the prophetMuhammad.
The ceety is govrened bi the Al Assaf faimily.The ceety haes 19 offeecial sub-govrenorates, an is surroondit bi aroond twa hunder veelages, an Bedouin settlements, mainly on its soothren an wastren sides.
Rass is locatit inAl-Qasim Province, centralSaudi Arabie. It is amaist 400 km north oRiyadh, 50 km wast oUnaizah, an aboot 80 km soothwast oBuraydah, the regional caipital. The ceety lees tae the sooth o Al Khabra, tae the wast o Badaya'a, tae the east o Qasr Bin Okayel, an tae the north o Dakhnah.
Rass haes a teepicalNejdi terrain, wisaund dunes surroondin the toun's sides, except for the wastren an soothren sides, which are occupeed bi Bedouin settlements. TheWadi Al Rumma (Rumma Valley) crosses the ceety frae its soothren side tae its northeastren side. Thare are several medium-hicht plateaus, an law-hicht muntains surroondin the toun, mainly on the soothren side, which are cried "Jebel Algoshie" bi locals.
The ceety o Rass haes a teepicaldesert climate, kent for its cauld winters an het an aneroid simmers, wi law humidity. The average temperatur durin winter is atween 8° an 21 °C. Juin, Julie, August, an September are the hettest months. In simmers the degree coud reach extreme levels ( atween 39° tae 49°).
The indwallers o Al Rass are distinguished for thair heich literacy rate compared tae ither Al Qassim ceeties an Saudi Arabie in general (excluding Riyadh, Jeddah, an Dammam).
The main team playin in the tap-flicht isAl Hazm.