Sabya
Coordinates: 17 ° 9 ′ N , 42 ° 38 ′ E
Sabya ( Arabic صبياء, DMG Ṣabyāʾ ) is a city in Saudi Arabia . It is located in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula , about 20 km from the Red Sea coast and about 70 km from the border with Yemen . Sabia belongs to the province of Jazan and has 52,441 inhabitants (2004).