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Tihamah or Tihama ( []) is a narrow coastal region of Arabia on the Red Sea
Red Sea

The Red Sea is a salt water inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden....
. It is currently divided between Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 and Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
. In a broad sense, Tihamah refers to the entire coastline from the Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Aqaba

The Gulf of Aqaba , in Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat is a large Headlands and bays of the Red Sea. It is located to the east of the Sinai peninsula and west of the Arabian peninsula....
 to the Bab el Mandeb Strait but it more often refers only to its southern half, starting just south of Jeddah
Jeddah

Jeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh....
 and running parallel to Asir and Yemen. Unlike the inland regions, it is made up of sand dune
Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by aeolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind....
s and plains and is largely arid except for a few oases
Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough....
.






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Tihamah or Tihama ( []) is a narrow coastal region of Arabia on the Red Sea
Red Sea

The Red Sea is a salt water inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden....
. It is currently divided between Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 and Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
. In a broad sense, Tihamah refers to the entire coastline from the Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Aqaba

The Gulf of Aqaba , in Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat is a large Headlands and bays of the Red Sea. It is located to the east of the Sinai peninsula and west of the Arabian peninsula....
 to the Bab el Mandeb Strait but it more often refers only to its southern half, starting just south of Jeddah
Jeddah

Jeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh....
 and running parallel to Asir and Yemen. Unlike the inland regions, it is made up of sand dune
Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by aeolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind....
s and plains and is largely arid except for a few oases
Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough....
. Important urban centers of the region include Al Hudaydah
Al Hudaydah

Al Hudaydah is the fourth largest city in Yemen with a population 400,000 people, and the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The city is also known as Hodeida....
, Mocha
Mocha, Yemen

Mocha is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until it was eclipsed in the 19th century by Aden and Hodeida, Mocha was the principal port for Yemen's capital Sana'a....
, and Zabid
Zabid

Zabid is a town with an urban population of around 23,000 persons on Yemen's western coastal plain. The town, named after Wadi Zabid the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, it was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and a center of the Arab and Muslim world due in large part to its famed University of...
 in Yemen and Jizan
Jizan

Jizan is the new name of the capital of the Jizan Province in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. Jazan city is situated on the Red Sea coast and serves a large agricultural hinterland....
, Al-Qunfudhah, and Al Lith
Al Lith

Al Lith a coastal town in western Saudi Arabia. Al Lith survives with farming and fishing. It is located at around ....
 in Saudi Arabia. Most of the Tihama coastline is hazardous to approaching vessels, and harbors are therefore few and far between, especially in the northern half.

In modern times, Tihama has come to be viewed as made up of three sections, each named after the inland region adjacent to it. The northern section, therefore, is known as Tihamat al-Hejaz, the middle section as Tihamat 'Asir
'Asir

?Asir is a provinces of Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country. It has an area of 81,000 km? and an estimated population of 1,563,000....
, and the southern section as Tihamat al-Yemen.

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A power plant is located in Tihama supplying power to the Aramco facilities and surrounding region