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Encyclopedia > List of cities in Saudi Arabia

This is a list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia.

Map of Saudi Arabia
Map of Saudi Arabia

Largest Cities: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1470, 724 KB) A simple map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1470, 724 KB) A simple map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. ...

City name Population Comments
Riyadh + 4,700,000 Capital city / highest population
Jeddah + 3,600,000 2nd largest city / main seaport on Red Sea
Mecca + 1,700,000 Holiest city of Islam religion
Medina + 1,300,000 2nd Holiest city of Islam religion
Dammam + 1,300,000 main seaport on Persian gulf

A: Riyadh (Arabic: ‎ ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ... This article is about the Saudi Arabian city. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Dammam Corniche Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ...

City name Population Comments
Afif
Arar
Abha
Abqaiq

B Afif (Arabic: عفيف) is a town in central Saudi Arabia, in the Najd region. ... Arar is the capital of Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (The Northern Border) province in Saudi Arabia. ... Abha is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. ... Map of Abqaiq Region Abqaiq (also Buqayq, Arabic: بقيق buqayq, meaning father of the sand flies) is a small city in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located in the desert southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. ...

City name Population Comments
Buraydah 600,000
Al Bahah
Buq a

D Buraidah (Arabic: بريدة) lies in the Al Qasim region of Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian peninsula. ... Al Bahah (Arabic: الباحة) is a city in the southeast of Saudi Arabia. ...

City name Population Comments
Dahaban +96,000
Diriyah
Duba
Dwadmi

H Satellite Image by Google Earth Dahaban (Arabic:دهبان) is an anchient village on the coast of Saudi Arabia (Red Sea). ... Diriyah (also Ad-Diriyah or Ad-Dariyah) is a town in Saudi Arabia located outside of Riyadh in Ar Riyad Province. ... Duba is a city on the northern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

City name Population Comments
Ha'il
Al Hufuf +334,000 (1997)
Hafr Al-Batin

J Hail (Arabic: ) is an oasis town in northwestern Saudi Arabia and the capital of the Hail Province. ... Hofuf (Arabic: hufuuf) is a common name for the major city also called Al-Hasa or Hassa in the Al-Hasa oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. ... Hafr Al-Batin is a city located in the North East part of Saudi Arabia, about 120 km from the Kuwaiti border and 70 km from the Iraqi border. ...

City name Population Comments
Al Jawf
Jizan
Jubail
Al Jafer +12,000 (1997)

K Al-Jawf (Arabic: الجوف) is a city in the north of Saudi Arabia. ... Jizan, Saudi Arabia Jizan or Jazan (Arabic: جيزان) is the capital of the Jizan Province in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. ... ghdsfgdafgasdfsdfsa asthis is a copyr9ight page. ...

City name Population Comments
Khafji
King Abdullah Economic City
Khamis Mushayt 630,000
Al Kharj
Khobar

L Ras Al Khafji was historically the principle town in the neutral zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. ... King Abdullah Economic City (Arabic: ‎) is a multi-billion economic project revealed in 2005 in Saudi Arabia. ... Khamis Mushait (Arabic: خميس مشيط Khamis Mushayt) 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. ... Al Kharj (Arabic: الخرج) is a city in Ar Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia. ... Khobar Corniche 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 Arabian/Persian Gulf. ...

City name Population Comments
Layla

M Layla, Saudi Arabia Layla is an ancient twon in AlAflaj region south to the capital Riyadh. ...

City name Population Comments
Al Majma'ah
Al-Mubarraz 550,000
Al Mawain

N Al Majmaah (Arabic: المجمعة) is a city and a governorate in Ar Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia. ... Al-Mubarraz (also spelled Al-Mobarraz , in Arabic المبرز) is a city in Al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia ,it is one of the two main cities of Al-Ahsa . ...

City name Population Comments
Najran

O Najran is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the south of the country along the border with Yemen. ...

City name Population Comments
Al Omran +49,000 (1997) Including Al-Huta, Al-Rumailah, Northern & Southern Al-Omran, Ghomsi and Other villages belonging to it
Al Oyon +33,000 (1997)

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City name Population Comments
Qal'at Bishah
Qatif
Al Qasim

R Bisha (بيشة) (also known as Qal`at Bishah قلعة بيشة) is a town in southwestern Saudi Arabia. ... Qatif (Arabic: القطيف al-QaTiif) is a historic coastal city and oasis located on the western shore of the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, some 13km north of the port city of Dammam and southwest of major oil port Ras Tanura. ... Categories: Geography stubs | Provinces of Saudi Arabia ...

City name Population Comments
Rabigh
Ras Tanura

S Satellite Image of the Town by Google Earth Town Seaport Image by Google Earth Town Airport (by Google Earth) Rabigh (Arabic:رابغ) is an anchient Town on the western coast of Saudi Arabia (Red Sea). ... Map of Ras Tanura Region Ras Tanura (more accurately Ras Tannūrah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning top/head of the barbeque spit) is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. ...

City name Population Comments
Saihat +70,000 (2005)
Sakakah
Sharurah
As Sulayyil

T // Saihat (Also Syhat) (Arabic:سيهات) is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. ... Al-Sharurah is located in the south of Saudi Arabia. ... As Sulayyil is a city in Ar Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia. ...

City name Population Comments
Taif 700,000
Tabuk 730,000

U Taif in 1970 Taif (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1700 metres on the slopes of the Al-Sarawat mountains. ... Tabuk (also spelled Tabouk) is the capital city of the Tabuk province in north western Saudi Arabia. ...

City name Population Comments
Udaliyah
Unaizah

Y Udhailiyah (Arabic: العضيلية ?u ayliyyah) [pronounced Ewd 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. ... Unaizah or Onaizah (Arabic: عنيزة) is a city in the Qasim Province, lies north of Riyadh the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ...

City name Population Comments
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Saudi Arabian Cities
Saudi Arabian Cities		 List of main Saudi Arabian cities
|`Afif | `Ar`ar | Abha | Abqaiq | Al Bahah | Buraidah | Ad Dammam | Dhahran | Ad Dir`iyah | Duba | Ha'il | Al Hufuf | Al Jawf | Jeddah | Jizan | Al Jubayl | King Abdullah Economic City | Khamis Mushayt | Al Kharj | Khobar | Layla | Al Majma'ah | Mecca (Makkah) | Medina | Najran | Qal'at Bishah | Al Qatif | Ras Tanura | Ra's al Khafji | Riyadh (National Capital) | Sudair | As Sulayyil | At Ta'if | Tabuk | Udaliyah | `Unayzah | Yanbu' al Bahr |

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Saudi Arabia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (3159 words)
It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west.
The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of the first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
Saudi Arabia was a key player in the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to raise the price of oil in 1999 to its highest level since the Gulf War by reducing production.
Saudi Arabia: Map, History and Much More from Answers.com (6762 words)
The population of Saudi Arabia is 90% Muslim Arab of the Wahhabi sect (a branch of Sunni Islam), although there is a small percentage of Shiites, mainly in the northeast.
Saudi Arabia is the location of Mecca and Medina, the two most holy places in the world for Muslims, pilgrimage sites equivalent to the Catholic Rome and the Christian and Jewish Jerusalem.
Saudi Arabia is a destination for men and women from South and East Asia, East Africa and the Middle East seeking work.
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