Marat (province)

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.

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.

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.

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.^[2]

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).

24°54′N 45°24′E / 24.900°N 45.400°E / 24.900; 45.400