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Located in the south of Saudi Arabia, The province of Najran borders with Yemen with its capital Najran.  Throughout history, Najran has been an important point of contact between the north and west of Arabia and the Yemen. Najran is said to have 4000 years of agricultural background.

Najran is 300 km south of Abha and 930 km southwest of Riyadh. For about 1000 years before the dawn of Islam, Najran was a major center of the caravan trade in frankincense and myrrh (aromatic organic substance obtained from plants) from the ancient civilization of Yemen, to the Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean.

An ancient city with fast developing programs, Najran boasts as one of the major cities of the Kingdom. The population of Najran belongs mostly to the Ancient tribe of Yam (belonging to the Qahtanite branch of Arabian tribes).

Wadi Najran (Najran Valley) drains a wide area of Asir and Yemen highlands that causes Najran to have a very fertile land with a wide area of farmland. The water that flows from the mountains finally merges with the sands of Rub' Al-Khali (the Empty Quarter) in the east.

Over a 100 farming settlements are spread along wadi Najran.  

A farmer packing the products of the farm.

Walking through an orange farm in Najran, I was astonished by the sight of numerous nests of Weaver Birds with different stages of its making.

Completed nest of a Weaver Bird. The weavers are named for the highly complex woven nests built by many species.