Al-Hasa or al-Ahsa (Arabic: الأحساء al-Aḥsāʾ, locally al-Ḥasāʾ; Turkish: Lahsa) is a traitional oasis region in eastern Saudi Arabia that gives its name to the Al-Ahsa Governorate, which comprises much of that country's Eastern Province. The oasis is located about 60 km inland from the Persian Gulf