Turaif Governorate

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Turaif Governorate is an administrative division in northern Saudi Arabia known for its location near the Jordanian border and its role as part of the kingdom’s sparsely populated Northern Borders region.

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Turaif Governorate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Administrative division
Governorate
administrativeCenter Turaif
administrativeLevel Second-level subdivision of Saudi Arabia
borderingCountry Jordan
borderRegionOf Saudi Arabia
country Saudi Arabia
geopoliticalStatus Border governorate
governedBy Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia
surface form: Northern Borders Region authorities
governingCountry Saudi Arabia
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
hasBorderFunction Cross-border trade area with Jordan
hasCapital Turaif
hasClimate Desert climate
hasDemographicFeature Low population density
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
hasSettlement Turaif
hasTransportInfrastructure Highways connecting to Jordan
Road links to other parts of Northern Borders Region
locatedIn Northern Borders Region
Northern Arabia
surface form: Northern Saudi Arabia
locatedInSubregion Middle East
locatedOn Northern border of Saudi Arabia
locatedOnContinent Asia
nearBorderWith Jordan
partOf Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia
surface form: Northern Borders Region of Saudi Arabia
populationCharacteristic Sparsely populated
regionType Northern Borders Region
surface form: Northern Borders region
timeZone Arabia Standard Time
usesCurrency Saudi riyal
utcOffset +3

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Northern Borders Region hasGovernorate Turaif Governorate