Editing Khamis Mushait

{{short description|City in Saudi Arabia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Khamis Mushayt
| native_name        = خميس مشيط
| native_name_lang   = Arabic
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia|City]]
| image_skyline      = File:Khamis Mushait.png
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| pushpin_map        = Saudi Arabia
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| coordinates        = {{coord|18|18|N|42|44|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Saudi Arabia
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Saudi Arabia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Asir]]
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| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Khalid bin Mushayt]]
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| elevation_m        = 2066
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 535,065
| population_metro   = 1,353,000
| population_as_of   = Census 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abha Governorate |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/saudiarabia/asir/0601__abh%C4%81/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = [[GDP|GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Year
| demographics1_info1 = 2023
| demographics1_title2 = Total (Metro)
| demographics1_info2 = $31.5&nbsp;billion<ref name="TelluBase">{{cite web |title=TelluBase—Saudi Arabia Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series) |url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_sau.pdf |publisher=Tellusant |access-date=2025-03-31}}</ref>
| demographics1_title3 = Per capita
| demographics1_info3 = $55,200
| timezone           = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset         = +3
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| postal_code        = 62411
| website            = [http://www.kmm.gov.sa/ Khamis Mushayt Municipality]
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| area_code          = +966-17
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'''Khamis Mushayt''' or '''Khamis Mushait''' ({{langx|ar|خميس مشيط}}, ''{{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Ḫamīs Mušayṭ}}'' {{IPA|ar|xamiːs muʃajtˤ}}, <small>locally:</small> {{IPA|ar|xamiːs‿ɪmʃeːtˤ|}}) is a city in south-west [[Saudi Arabia]], located east of [[Abha]], the provincial seat of the [[Asir|Asir Province]] {{convert|884|km|mi}} from the national capital of [[Riyadh]].<ref name="Cordesman1987">{{cite book|last=Cordesman|first=Anthony H.|title=Western Strategic Interests in Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA170|access-date=27 August 2012|year=1987|publisher=Croom Helm|isbn=978-0-7099-4823-0|page=170}}</ref> It is the capital of the [[Shahran]] tribe in the [[Asir]] region.
It is the [[List of cities in Saudi Arabia|fifth-largest city]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] after [[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], with an estimated metro population of 1,353,000 as of 2017. Khamis Mushayt is noted for being the fourth largest trading centre in [[Saudi Arabia]], and is famous for its world-class military airbase.

==History==
[[File:507 Cameron skyline of village - USACE-p15141coll5-15663.jpeg|thumb|left|1966 skyline of the village]]
Until the 1970s, Khamis Mushayt 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.<ref name="HamShams2004">{{cite book|last1=Ham|first1=Anthony|last2=Shams|first2=Martha Brekhus|last3=Madden|first3=Andrew|title=Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PddTr1X7hEgC&pg=PA134|access-date=27 August 2012|date=15 September 2004|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-667-1|page=134}}</ref>

[[King Khalid Air Base]] (KMX) has a {{convert|12400|ft|0|abbr=on}} paved runway without customs facilities. The base was designed and built by US Army and Air Force engineers in the 1960s and 70s and has [[F-15]] service facilities.<ref name="CordesmanAl-Rodhan2007">{{cite book|last1=Cordesman|first1=Anthony H.|last2=Al-Rodhan|first2=Khalid R.|title=Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWg1mvPuhkUC&pg=PA216|access-date=27 August 2012|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99399-3|page=216}}</ref> During the [[Gulf War]] in 1991, the US Airforce had a base here from which they launched bombers on [[Baghdad]].<ref name="HamShams2004"/>

Khamis Mushayt 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 MushaYt Ibn Salem the head of [[Shahran]] tribe and the guardian of the market.<ref>كتاب الشيخ سعيد بن عبدالعزيز ابن مشيط شيخ شمل قبائل شهران و ابنه عبدالعزيز في ذاكرة التاريخ</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moqatel.com/openshare/Behoth/Dwal-Modn1/Khamees/sec01.doc_cvt.htm |title=Al Moqatel - خميس مشيط، المملكة العربية السعودية |publisher=Moqatel.com |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>

==Climate==
Khamis Mushayt has a [[Desert climate|hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BWh'') bordering closely on a [[semi-arid climate|hot semi-desert climate]] (Köppen ''BSh'').

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = 
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Khamis Mushait ([[King Khalid Air Base]]) (1991–2020)
 | Jan record high C = 28.8
 | Feb record high C = 30.6
 | Mar record high C = 30.2
 | Apr record high C = 33.0
 | May record high C = 34.7
 | Jun record high C = 37.3
 | Jul record high C = 38.0
 | Aug record high C = 36.0
 | Sep record high C = 34.9
 | Oct record high C = 33.5
 | Nov record high C = 31.0
 | Dec record high C = 28.6
 | year record high C = 38.0
 | Jan high C = 21.8
 | Feb high C = 23.5
 | Mar high C = 24.8
 | Apr high C = 27.2
 | May high C = 30.3
 | Jun high C = 32.3
 | Jul high C = 32.1
 | Aug high C = 32.0
 | Sep high C = 30.8
 | Oct high C = 27.3
 | Nov high C = 24.6
 | Dec high C = 22.8
 | year high C = 27.5
 | Jan mean C = 14.7
 | Feb mean C = 16.3
 | Mar mean C = 18.1
 | Apr mean C = 20.1
 | May mean C = 22.7
 | Jun mean C = 24.9
 | Jul mean C = 24.5
 | Aug mean C = 24.0
 | Sep mean C = 23.5
 | Oct mean C = 20.1
 | Nov mean C = 17.1
 | Dec mean C = 15.2
 | year mean C = 20.1
 | Jan low C = 8.6
 | Feb low C = 10.2
 | Mar low C = 12.2
 | Apr low C = 14.1
 | May low C = 16.3
 | Jun low C = 18.2
 | Jul low C = 18.4
 | Aug low C = 17.9
 | Sep low C = 16.5
 | Oct low C = 13.3
 | Nov low C = 10.7
 | Dec low C = 8.7
 | year low C = 13.8
 | Jan record low C = 1.0
 | Feb record low C = 2.4
 | Mar record low C = 4.5
 | Apr record low C = 8.0
 | May record low C = 10.8
 | Jun record low C = 12.0
 | Jul record low C = 8.3
 | Aug record low C = 11.2
 | Sep record low C = 11.8
 | Oct record low C = 8.2
 | Nov record low C = 2.6
 | Dec record low C = 1.9
 | year record low C = 1.0
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 4.9
 | Feb precipitation mm = 8.6
 | Mar precipitation mm = 19.3
 | Apr precipitation mm = 35.7
 | May precipitation mm = 34.4
 | Jun precipitation mm = 10.4
 | Jul precipitation mm = 22.5
 | Aug precipitation mm = 29.4
 | Sep precipitation mm = 3.4
 | Oct precipitation mm = 4.8
 | Nov precipitation mm = 5.6
 | Dec precipitation mm = 1.1
 | year precipitation mm = 180.0
 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 0.7
 | Feb precipitation days = 0.7
 | Mar precipitation days = 1.7
 | Apr precipitation days = 4.1
 | May precipitation days = 4.5
 | Jun precipitation days = 1.3
 | Jul precipitation days = 3.3
 | Aug precipitation days = 3.5
 | Sep precipitation days = 0.6
 | Oct precipitation days = 0.7
 | Nov precipitation days = 1.3
 | Dec precipitation days = 0.3
 | year precipitation days = 22.6
| Jan humidity = 65
| Feb humidity = 52
| Mar humidity = 51
| Apr humidity = 50
| May humidity = 44
| Jun humidity = 39
| Jul humidity = 45
| Aug humidity = 38
| Sep humidity = 37
| Oct humidity = 38
| Nov humidity = 56
| Dec humidity = 65
| year humidity = 48
| Jan sun = 291.4
| Feb sun = 248.6
| Mar sun = 288.3
| Apr sun = 267.0
| May sun = 279.0
| Jun sun = 282.0
| Jul sun = 279.0
| Aug sun = 226.3
| Sep sun = 276.0
| Oct sun = 297.6
| Nov sun = 288.0
| Dec sun = 275.9
| year sun = 
|Jand sun = 9.4
|Febd sun = 8.8
|Mard sun = 9.3
|Aprd sun = 8.9
|Mayd sun = 9.0
|Jund sun = 9.4
|Juld sun = 9.0
|Augd sun = 7.3
|Sepd sun = 9.2
|Octd sun = 9.6
|Novd sun = 9.6
|Decd sun = 8.9
|yeard sun = 9.0
 | source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/SaudiArabia/CSV/Khamis-Mushait_41114.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Khamis Mushait
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = February 6, 2024}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (humidity 1970–1979, sun 1986-1990)<ref name = DWD>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_411140_kt.pdf
| title = Klimatafel von Khamis Mushait / Saudi-Arabien
| work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world
| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst
| language = de
| access-date = 13 May 2025}}</ref> 
}}

==Notable landmarks==
Khamis Mushayt has several [[souq|souks]], including Khamis Souk and Silver Souq, both of which are noted for their silver jewellery, and Spice Souk.<ref name="HamShams2004"/> Notable hotels include Mushayt Palace Hotel and Trident Hotel.<ref name="HamShams2004"/> Also of note is Al-Hayat Hospital and Khamis Mushayt Mosque.

<gallery>
File:ALhayat Hospital.jpg|Al-Hayat Hospital
File:Khamis Mushayt Heritage area Statue of coffee.jpg|Statue of a Dallah in the Heritage area.
File:Mosque in Khamis Mushayt.jpg|King Fahd Mosque
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Saudi cities}}
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[[Category:Populated places in 'Asir Province]]
[[Category:Cities in Saudi Arabia]]