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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is an Western Asian country and the largest country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Egypt on the northwest, Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast,...
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Mecca
Mecca (pronounced /ˈmɛkə/), also spelled Makkah (English: /ˈmækə/; Arabic: مكة Makka and in full: Arabic: مكّة المكرمة transliterated Makkah al-Mukarramah [mækːæt ælmukarːamæ]) is the holiest meeting site of the Islamic religion, closely followed...
Area:
- 26 km² (10 mi² )
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Medina
Medina (pronounced /mɛˈdiːnə/; Arabic: المدينة المنورة, pronounced [ælmæˈdiːnæt ælmuˈnɑw.wɑrɑ], or المدينة [ælmæˈdiːnæ]; also transliterated as Madinah; officially al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah) is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and...
Area:
- 173,000 km² (66795.7 mi² )
Riyadh
Riyadh (Arabic: الرياض ar-Riyāḍ, lit: The Gardens) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian...
Area:
- 1,554 km² (600 mi² )
Khamis Mushait
Khamis Mushait (Arabic: خميس مشيط Khamis Mushait) is a city in south-west Saudi Arabia, located 35 minutes east of Abha, the provincial seat of the Asir province in southwest Saudi Arabia. It is the capital for The Shahran Tribe. Until the 1970s...
Najd
Najd or Nejd (literally "highland", Arabic: نجد) is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Arabic word nejd literally means "upland" and was once applied to a variety of regions within the Arabian Peninsula. However, the most famous of...
Ta’if
Ta’if (الطائف aṭ-Ṭā’if) is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1,879 m (6,160 ft) on the slopes of the Sarawat Mountains (Al-Sarawat Mountains). It has a population of 521,273 (2004 census). Each summer the Saudi...
Jeddah
Jeddah (also spelled Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda; Arabic: جدّة Jidda) is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on...
Ghawar Field
Ghawar (Arabic:الغوار) is an oil field in Saudi Arabia. It is located about 100 km (62 mi) WSW from the city of Dhahran in Khobar county of the Eastern Province. Measuring 280 by 30 km (170 by 19 mi), it is by far the largest conventional oil field...
Al Bahah Province
Al-Bahah (Arabic: الباحة pronounced [ælˈbæːħa]) is a province of Saudi Arabia. Al-Baḥah is located in the south of the country, near Mecca. It has an area of 15,000 km², and a population of 459,200 (1999). Its capital is Al Bahah. The al- Baḥah...
Area:
- 15,000 km² (5791.5 mi² )
Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah
Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (Arabic: منطقة الحدود الشمالية pronounced [ælħuˈduːd æʃːæmæːˈliːjæ], "The Northern Borders") is the least populated province of Saudi Arabia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 127...
Area:
- 127,000 km² (49035 mi² )
Al Jawf Province
Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف pronounced [ælˈdʒawf]) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the north of the country, bordering Jordan. It has an area of 100,212 km² and a population of 361,676 (2004). Its capital is Al Jawf, in the governorate of...
Area:
- 139,000 km² (53668.2 mi² )
Al Madinah
Al Madinah (Arabic: المدينة) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located on the country's west side, along the Red Sea coast. It has an area of 173,000 km² and a population of 1,310,400 (1999). Its capital is the sacred city of Medina. Other towns...
Area:
- 173,000 km² (66795.7 mi² )
Al Qasim
Al Qassim Province (also spelled Al Qaseem, Al Qasim, or Qassim; IPA: [ælqɑˈsˁiːm], Arabic: منطقة القصيم) is one of the thirteen administrative provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country, and almost in the center of the Arabian...
Area:
- 65,000 km² (25097 mi² )
Ar Riyad Province
Riyadh Province (Arabic: منطقة الرياض Mantiqat ar-Riyadh, pronounced [ʔɑrːijɑːdˁ]) is a province of Saudi Arabia, Also called ( Al-Wosta), located in the centre of the country. It has an area of 412,000 km² and a population of 5,455,363 (2004),...
Area:
- 412,000 km² (159074 mi² )
Ash Sharqiyah Province
Eastern Province (Arabic: الشرقية Ash-Sharqīyah) is the largest province of Saudi Arabia, located in the east of the country on the Persian Gulf coast, and has land borders with Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. It has an...
Area:
- 710,000 km² (274133 mi² )
'Asir
ʿAsīr (Arabic: عسير) is a province of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country, named after the confederation of clans of the same name. It has an area of 81,000 km² and an estimated population of 1,563,000. It shares a short border...
Area:
- 81,000 km² (31274 mi² )
Ha'il Province
Haʾil (Arabic: حائل) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the north of the country. It has an area of 103,887 km² and a population of 527,033 (2004) census). Its capital is Haʾil. It is subdivided into four governorates: (with population):
The...
Area:
- 103,887 km² (40111 mi² )
Jizan Province
Jizan (Arabic: جيزان) is the smallest province 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 1,186,139 (2004 census). The capital is the city of...
Area:
- 11,671 km² (4506.2 mi² )
Western Province
Makkah Province is the most populous province of Saudi Arabia, located in the west of the country, with an extended coastline. It has an area of 164,000 km² and a population of 5,797,971 (2004 census). Its capital is the sacred city of Mecca, but...
Area:
- 164,000 km² (63320.8 mi² )
Najran Province
Najran (Arabic: نجران) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the south of the country along the border with Yemen. It has an area of 119,000 km². Its capital is Najran. Najran is inhabited by the powerful Yam tribe, who have lived in the region...
Area:
- 119,000 km² (45946.2 mi² )
Tabuk Province
Tabuk (also spelled Tabouk) (Arabic: تبوك) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located along the north-west coast of the country, facing Egypt across the Red Sea. It has an area of 108,000 km² and a population of 560,200 (1999). Its capital is Tabuk....
Area:
- 108,000 km² (41699 mi² )
King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport (IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) (Arabic: مطار الملك خالد الدولي) is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK.
The airport includes the terminals, mosque, the...
Dammam
Dammam (Also Ad Dammām) (Arabic: الدمام) is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, (the oil-rich region in the world) and the most important cities are the port in the main view of the importance of its location on three sides of the...
Area:
- 800 km² (309 mi² )
Diriyah
Al-Diriyah (Arabic: الدرعية; also spelled Ad-Dir'iyah, Ad-Dar'iyah or Dir'aiyah) is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as...
Yanbu' al Bahr
Yanbu' al Bahr (Arabic: ينبع "spring by the sea"), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 350 kilometers north of Jeddah (at 24°05′N 38°00′E / 24...
Jubail
Jubail (Arabic: "الجبيل" Al Jubayl), is a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia. It consists of the Old Town of Al Jubail, which was originally a small fishing village, up to 1975 and the new industrial area.
In 1975...
Khobar
Khobar (also written al-Khobar or al-Khubar; Arabic: الخبر) is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 165,799 (2004 census) and forms part of the greater Dammam...
Area:
- 571 km² (220 mi² )
Tabuk
Tabuk (تبوك; also spelled Tabouk) is the capital city of the Tabuk province in north western Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 441,351 (2004 census).
Around Tabuk, the Battle of Tabouk took place in the time of Prophet Muhammad.
Around 500 BC,...
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Dhahran International Airport
Dhahran International Airport (IATA: DHA, ICAO: OEDR) in Dhahran formerly served the Ash Sharqiyah Province (Eastern Province) in Saudi Arabia. In 1999, after the opening of King Fahd International Airport, all scheduled flights were shifted out of...
Buraidah
Buraydah (Arabic: burayda 'بريدة') or Buraidah is the capital of Al-Qassim Province in northcentral Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian peninsula. Buraydah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east. It has a...
Arar
Arar (Arabic: عرعر, BGN spelling: `Ar`ar) is the capital of Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (The Northern Border) province in Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 145,237 (2004 census).
Arar is located to the north-east of Saudi Arabia on the Iraqi border....
Tayma
Tayma (Arabic: تيماء; also transliterated Tema) is a large oasis with a long history of settlement, located in northeastern Saudi Arabia at the point where the trade route between Yathrib (Medina) and Dumah begins to cross the Nefud desert. Tayma...
Qatif
Qatif or Al-Qatif (also spelled Qateef or Al-Qateef; Arabic: القطيف Al-Qaṭīf) is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the...
King Abdulaziz International Airport
KAIA – King Abdulaziz International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي) (IATA: JED , ICAO: OEJN) is an aviation facility located 19 km to the north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Named after King Abdulaziz Al Saud, the airport is Saudi Arabia's...
Az Zaimah
Az Zaimah (Arabic: الزيمة) is a small village between Mecca and Taif in Saudi Arabia, about 20 km northwest of Taif. Az Zaimah is inhabited predominantly by the Hothail tribe, and is on the northern pilgrimage road from the Persian Gulf to Mecca.
Ras Tanura
Ras Tanura (more accurately Ra's Tannūrah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning "cape oven, cape brazier" presumably due to the unusual heat prevalent at the cape that projects into the sea) is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a...
Unaizah
Unaizah or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; Arabic: محافظة عنيزة) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of Buraydah (the capital of the province) and north of Riyadh, the...
Jizan
Jizan (also called Jazan, Gizan or Gazan) (Arabic: جيزان) is the new name of the capital of the Jizan Province in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. Jazan city is situated on the Red Sea coast and serves a large agricultural hinterland. It has a...
Najran
Najran (formerly Aba as Sa'ud) (Arabic: نجران) is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the frontier with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated a New town Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom, its...
King Fahd International Airport
Dammam King Fahd International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك فهد الدولي) (IATA: DMM, ICAO: OEDF) is located 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) northwest of Dammam (Saudi Arabia). It is the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (780 km²),...
Abqaiq
Bqaiq (Arabic: بقيق bgayg) is a Saudi Aramco camp in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. The camp was built in the 1940s by ARAMCO (now Saudi...
Udhailiyah
Udhailiyah (Arabic: العضيلية ?u ayliyyah) [pronounced Ew'd Aleea] is a small oil company compound in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located in the desert southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. Built by the...
Hofuf
Al-Hofuf also Hofuf or Al-Hufuf (Arabic: الهفوف) is the major urban center in the huge Al-Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
The city proper has a population of 287,841 (2004 census} and is part of a larger populated oasis area of...
Khafji
Ras Al Khafji (رأس الخفجي) or Khafji (الخفجي) was historically the principal town in the neutral zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It was only when the Japanese-owned Arabian Oil Company Ltd discovered substantial oil deposit off shore of Khafji...
Layla
Layla is a town in central Saudi Arabia, located at 22°17′N 46°44′E / 22.283°N 46.733°E / 22.283; 46.733. It is the principle town of the Al-Aflaj oasis in Ar Riyad Province, some 330 km south of the capital, Riyadh. It is believed to have been...
Mastoorah
Mastoorah is a village next to Rabigh in the area of Hijaz in the western part of Saudi Arabia. It is located between Mecca and Madina and has population of harb tribes.
Abha
Abha (Arabic: أبها) is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. It is situated at 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia near the National Park of Asir. Its mild climate makes it a...
Ha'il
Ha'il (also spelled Hail, Ha'yel, or Hayil Arabic: حائل) is an oasis city in Nejd in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of the Ha'il Province. The city has a population of 267,005 according to a 2004 census.
Ha'il is largely agricultural,...
Shaybah
Shaybah is a major crude oil producing site in Saudi Arabia and is located approximately 40 km from the northern edge of the Rub' Al-Khali/Empty Quarter desert. It is located about 10 km south of the border to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which...
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport or Prince Mohammad Airport (alternatively "Mohammed") (IATA: MED, ICAO: OEMA) is a regional airport in the western Saudi city of Medina. Opened in 1974, it handles mostly domestic flights, although...
Thadiq
Thadig (Arabic: ثادق) is city in Nejd, Saudi Arabia. It is a historical city established about four centuries ago. Most of the Thadig Peoples was coming from next city Albeer It is located to the north from Riyadh (about 150 km). Renowned families...
Badr
Badr (full name: Badr Hunayn) (Arabic: بدر حنین) is a town in Al Madinah Province, western of Saudi Arabia. It is located at around 23°46′48″N 38°47′26″E / 23.78°N 38.79056°E / 23.78; 38.79056 about 80 miles (130 km) from the Islamic holy city...
Abwa
Al-Abwā' is a village belong to Rabigh , western coast of Saudi Arabia. Muhammad entered it before the Battle of Badr, in the 2 Safar AH.
It was here that Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith adopted Islam
The Seventh Twelver Shī`a Imām and direct descendant...
Hafr Al-Batin
Hafr Al-Batin (Arabic: ﾭﾁﾱ ﾧﾄﾨﾧﾷﾆ) is a city in northeastern Saudi Arabia. It is located at around , about 95 km from the Kuwait border and 70 km from the Iraq border. It lies in a strategic position between the highway that connect Saudia...
Uqair
Uqair is an ancient fort of Islamic origin, located in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. It is alternatively spelled Al-'Uqair, Uqayr, and Ogair, all Latin transliterations of the same Arabic word. It has been linked by some to the ancient city...
Jabal al-Lawz
Jabal al-Lawz (Arabic: جبل اللوز) (also known as Gebel el-Lawz) is a mountain located in northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordan border, above the Gulf of Aqaba at 2580 metres above sea level. The name means mountain of almonds.
Habala
Habala is a small mountain village in the 'Asir province of Saudi Arabia. It was originally inhabited by a tribal community known as the "flower men" because of their custom of wearing garlands of dried herbs and flowers in their hair. In the past,...
Al Bahah
Al Bahah (Arabic: الباحة) is a city in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Al Bahah Province nestled between the resorts of Taif and Abha, Al Baha is one of the Kingdom’s prime tourist attractions. It enjoys a pleasant climate and...
Al Jawf
Skaka (Arabic: سكاكا) is a city in the north of Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Al Jawf Province.
Duba
Duba (Arabic: ضبا) is a small city on the northern Red Sea coast, of Saudi Arabia. It is in Tabuk Province. Local citizens describe it as The Pearl of the Red Sea. Population: Population of Duba is about 65,000.
The first reference to Duba, under...
