Tayma

Tayma, also spelled Tema, is a Saudi city and governorate, in , and major oasis with a long history of habitation. It is located in northwestern at the point where the trade route between and begins to cross in the western portion of the .
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  • Type: Town with 30,400 residents
  • Description: city in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Oaza Tema”, “Taimah”, “Tayma‘”, “Taymā’”, “Taymah”, “Taymāʾ”, “Teima”, “Tejma”, “Teman”, “Teman, Arab Saudi”, “الباحۃ”, “تيماء (مدينه)”, and “タイマ（都市）”

Tayma

Latitude
27.6226° or 27° 37′ 21″ north
Longitude
38.53926° or 38° 32′ 21″ east
Population
30,400
Elevation
834 metres (2,736 feet)
Open location code
7GVWJGFQ+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1237942492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
101516
Wiki­data ID
Q27365
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tayma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تيماء”
  • Bosnian: “Tema”
  • Catalan: “Tayma”
  • Chinese: “泰馬”
  • Czech: “Tajmá”
  • Dutch: “Tayma”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة تيماء”
  • French: “Tayma”
  • Georgian: “ტაიმა”
  • German: “Tayma”
  • Hebrew: “תימא”
  • Indonesian: “Tayma”
  • Irish: “Tayma”
  • Italian: “Tayma”
  • Japanese: “タイマー”
  • Japanese: “テイマ（都市）”
  • Nepali: “तेइमा”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tayma”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tayma”
  • Persian: “تیما”
  • Polish: “Tajma”
  • Portuguese: “Tayma”
  • Portuguese: “Temá”
  • Russian: “Тайма”
  • Sindhi: “تيماء”
  • Spanish: “Taima”
  • Tagalog: “Tayma”
  • Thai: “ตัยมาอ์”
  • Turkish: “Teyma”
  • Ukrainian: “Тема”
  • Urdu: “تیما”

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