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Samtah
City
SamtahLocation in Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 16°35′50″N 42°56′38″E / 16.59722°N 42.94389°E / 16.59722; 42.94389
Country	Saudi Arabia
Province	Jizan Province
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EAT)

Samtah (also Romanized as Şāmitah or Samta; in Arabic صامطة) is a town and sub-division in Jizan Province, in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

In March 2022, the Houthis launched a ballistic missile at an electric substation in Samtah, which set it on fire.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
• Regions of Saudi Arabia

References

1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 13 May 2011.
2. "Saudi thwarts 16 Houthi attacks, fire at Aramco oil facility under control".

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1,000,000 and more	Abha Dammam Hofuf Jeddah Khamis Mushait Mecca Medina Riyadh Taif
300,000-999,999	Al-Kharj Buraidah Ḥaʼil Hafar al-Batin Jubail Khobar Najran Qatif Tabuk
<300,000	Al Bahah Al Lith Al Majma'ah Al Qunfudhah Arar Abqaiq Bareq Bisha Dhahran Diriyah Duba Sakakah Jizan Khafji Ras Tanura Unaizah Yanbu' al Bahr
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