Al-Wajh Governorate is in Tabuk Province , located on the coast of the Red Sea in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . al-Wajh is an old settlement and a current global investment destination. It is the province's third largest city in terms of population, with an estimated 49,948 people, according to the 2022 census. Location of al-Wajh Governorate Al-Wajh Governorate is located in the western part of Tabuk Province. It is bordered to the north by Duba Governorate , to the south by U...
Badr is a governorate in Medina Province , west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . It is the fourth-largest population center in Medina Province. It is classified as category (B,) and includes seven administrative centers. History of Badr Governorate Badr Governorate is an important element of Islamic history. It saw the Great Battle of Badr on March 15, 624. Moreover, its name was mentioned in the Holy Quran, the angels descended its mountains which surround it from all directions, and it witnes...
Al-Mithnab is one of the agricultural governorates of al-Qassim Province in the center of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . It is about sixty-five km away from the administrative capital, Buraydah . It is home to over fifty villages, Bedouin settlements, and communities. Over 43,278 people live in al-Mithnab Governorate in an area covering 4,500 km 2 , according to the 2022 Saudi census. Name choice The governorate derives its name from the valleys that cross its lands, and these waters flow until ...
Hail Province is one of the thirteen administrative regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the seventh in terms of surface area and the ninth in terms of population. Located in the center of the northern part of the Kingdom, its territory extends between latitudes 25° and 29°N and between longitudes 38° and 42°E and is surrounded by five administrative regions: al-Jawf, Northern Borders, Tabuk, al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, and al-Qassim. Governorates of Hail Province Hail is one of the ...
Sakaka City is the administrative capital of al-Jawf Province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , the seat of the emirate, its largest city, and the most populous. Location of Sakaka Sakaka is located in the northern and eastern parts of al-Jawf Province and links the Northern Borders and Hail provinces. The rest of al-Jawf governorates, i.e. al-Qurayyat, Tabarjal, and Dawmat al-Jandal, border Sakaka to the west. Sakaka is a population center in al-Jawf Province. With an eight-fold increase in t...
Rabigh is one of the oldest coastal governorates in Makkah al-Mukarramah Province . It is located on the northern side in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . It stretches around six thousand km 2 and has many factories and industrial companies in addition to King Abdullah Economic City . It is made up of six administrative centers with more than seventy-nine villages and hamlets and is populated by 112,383 people, which makes up 1.4 percent of the region's residents. Borders of Rab...
Al-Ahsa Governorate is one of the governorates of the Eastern Province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . It is the largest Saudi governorate in terms of area and the sixth in terms of population among the governorates and cities of the Kingdom. It includes al-Ahsa Oasis , which was registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the fifth Saudi site to be recorded on the list. Overview of al-Ahsa Al-Ahsa has experienced numerous migrations and settlement shifts throughout its history, due to its...
Abha City, the administrative capital of Aseer Province in the southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , is a mountainous city that sits at the highest elevation in the Kingdom. Referred to as Arus al-Jabal (Bride of the Mountain), Sayidat al-Dabab (Lady of the Fog), and Abha al-Bahiya (Beautiful Abha), the city has been a prominent tourist destination since the 1980s, hosting various festivals and events that draw in over two million visitors each tourist season. Abha is also steeped in herit...
Al-Birk Governorate , located in Aseer Province , southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is classified as a category (B) governorate. It forms the coastal boundary of Aseer Province alongside the governorates of Mahayil and Rijal Alma . Al-Birk Governorate includes three administrative centers: 'Amq, Dhahban, and al-Marsad. It is one of the smaller population clusters in the province, following al-Harajah and Tarib Governorates, housing approximately 1.1 percent of Aseer Province’s po...
The Climate of Buraydah City is weather conditions and meteorological variables such as wind, rain, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure in Buraydah City , Qassim Province , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its climate is characterized as a desert climate, hot in the summer and cold in the winter with low humidity. Location of Buraydah City Buraydah City is located east of Qassim Province in the Kingdom, confined between latitudes 44 26º and 18 26º N and longitudes 52 43º and 51 43º E, w...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an Arab Islamic state situated in the far southwest of the Asian continent. It is an extension of the rule of Al Saud family, which began with the First Saudi State founded by Imam Mohammed Bin Saud in the eighteenth century, and the Second Saudi State , established by the father of the Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud and its last ruler, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal , in 1891 The Kingdom is bordered to the west by the Red Sea, to the east by the Ara...
Al-Hijarah Governorate is one of the governorates in al-Bahah Province , located in the southwestern of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the least populated governorate in the province, home to only 3.6 percent of al-Bahah Province population, with an estimated 12,136 residents according to the 2022 Saudi census . Location of al-Hijarah Governorate Situated about forty-five km from al-Bahah City, the seat of the emirate, it is bordered to the north and west by the administrative boundaries of...