Jazan Region ( ) is the second smallest (smallest region is
Al Bahah)
region of
Saudi Arabia. It stretches some 300 km along the southern
Red Sea coast, just north of
Yemen. It covers an area of 11,671 km² and a population of 1,365,110 at the 2010 census (preliminary result). The capital is the city of
Jazan; Muhammad bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz is the current Governor.