Al-Mubarraz
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Al-Mubarraz
المبرز | |
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  Al-Mubarraz Location within Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 25°23′N 49°36′E / 25.383°N 49.600°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Badr Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Jalawi Al Saud |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total (Metro) | $42.4 billion[1] |
| • Per capita | $48,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
Al-Mubarraz is a city located at Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With a population of 837,000 (as of 2020), it is the north gate for Al-Ahsa governorate. Al-Mubarraz has historical importance because it was the rule center for the district between 1669 and 1793, before the Saudi rule . There are some sayings about its origin and it said that its origin back to the second half of the seventh century in Hijri.[2]
Naming
[edit]There are a number of hypotheses about the meaning of the city's name. In Gulf Arabic it stands for "outstanding," "masterly," In Nejdi Arabic the name stands for a place travellers gathered before leaving, so that's way it called Al-mubarraz because the people get to it before their trips. The sheikh Muhammad Alabdulaqader write that the people of Al-Ahsa gather there first before leaving for Al-hajj. so it's agreed between almost all Al-mubarraz people.[3] This last, however, seems like a