Place:Ar Rass, Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia

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Rass (also spelled Ar Rass, or Al-Ras; ) is a Saudi Arabian City, located in Al Qassim Province. It lies southwest of Buraydah, the capital of the province and north of Riyadh, the national capital.

Arrass is the largest city in Al-Qassim Province by area and third largest by population Rass is Arabic for "an old well", and it was mentioned in a poem of Hassan Bin Thabit, the poet who was a companion (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

The city is ruled by the Al Assaf family. It has 19 official sub-governorates, and is surrounded by around two hundred villages, and Bedouin settlements, mainly on its southern and western sides. and al-Rass is a historical city that was a resource for the Arab tribes in the peninsula, and most of Najd, especially Qassim, was inhabited by the tribes of Bani Asad, which were left to be replaced by other tribes. He was the first to inhabit the Al-Rass after the Asadites, the Banu Tamim, who moved to it from Ashikar, and the Banu Lam and their most tribes followed them, the Dhafir tribe and Al-Fadoul tribe, along with the Al Katheer and Al Mughayra family.

Ar Rass is the third largest city in Al Qassim Province by population, total population of 133,000 (2010 census). It is also thought to be the largest city in Al Qassim Province by area. It has an area of about 60 km².

rass in language

The old well, so if the word rass is used, it means the old well, and this town has a share of its name, as it was in the ancient time the source of the Arab tribes.

The Valley of Women is famous since the days of ignorances and is located in the southern part of Al-Rass, where there are trees. It is a very famous valley and frequented by many residents of Al-Rass governorate, especially in the spring.

Rass is a unique site in qassim

We find that it has  height, and due to its extended nature, the flatness of its land, the abundance of grazing areas in it, and the flow of reefs and small valleys

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