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Until the 1970s, Khamis Mushait was a small town of less than 50,000 servicing the surrounding mild-climate agricultural region. Since then its population has grown dramatically to reach over 1,200,000. The city is surrounded by farms producing agricultural crops.
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Khamis Mushait was known by that name since the 1760s, it has been named after the family name of al mushayt referring a man called mushayt who protected this city and like deem mushayt, mushayt it has been referred to Mushait Ibn Salem the head of
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in 1991, the US Airforce had a base here from which they launched bombers on
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Ham, Anthony; Shams, Martha Brekhus; Madden, Andrew (15 September 2004).
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and 884 kilometres (549 mi) from the national capital of
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Cordesman, Anthony H.; Al-Rodhan, Khalid R. (2007).
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Statue of coffee in Heritage area of Khamis Mushait
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Khamis Mushayt
City
Khamis Mushayt is located in Saudi Arabia
18°18′N 42°44′E / 18.300°N 42.733°E / 18.300; 42.733
Province
Asir
Mayor
Khalid bin Mushayt
City
Metro
Time zone
UTC+3
EAT
DST
UTC+3
EAT
Area code
Khamis Mushayt Municipality
Arabic
[xamiːsmuʃajtˤ]
[xamiːs‿ɪmʃeːtˤ]
Saudi Arabia
Abha
'Asir Province
Dhahran
Riyadh
Shahran
Asir
fifth-largest city
Saudi Arabia

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